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title: why did the King not hear her crying, the lazy git? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fi… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the King not hear her crying, the lazy git? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is…

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why did the King not hear her crying, the lazy git?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** not hear, cry · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1869-pg7277-part6/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:t12:1
# text = why did the King not hear her crying, the lazy git?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
8	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	git	git	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the King *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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he was out for the count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:t12:o1:1
# text = he was out for the count
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | for the count; out *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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he took a sleeping draught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:t12:o2:1
# text = he took a sleeping draught
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | he | a sleeping draught |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he always takes a big sleeping draught before bed, every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:t12:o3:1
# text = he always takes a big sleeping draught before bed, every night
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	draught	draught	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | he | a big sleeping draught |  | bed | night | always *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent draught=Theme before bed=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:t12:o4:1
# text = he was asleep
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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