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title: Oi, did the bees like, actually nick all twelve of them? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, did the bees like, actually nick all twelve of them? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oi, did the bees like, actually nick all twelve of them?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oi, bees · **What happens:** do, nick · **To what, where:** bees, twelve

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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/1876-pg7277-part13/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t1:1
# text = Oi, did the bees like, actually nick all twelve of them?
1	Oi	oi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	nick	nick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Oi | the bees |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Eventuality |
| 2 | **nick** | infinitive | the bees *not said here* | all twelve of Oi |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, every bee grabbed a girl and they all zoomed off to the hive over the palace wall

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, every bee grabbed a girl and they all zoomed off to the hive over the palace wall
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	zoomed	zoom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hive	hive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | every bee | a girl |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |
| 2 | **zoom off** | participle · passive |  | they |  | the palace wall |  | to the hive | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they snatched every maiden, then chased the Queen's whole court across the lawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they snatched every maiden, then chased the Queen's whole court across the lawn
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | past | they | every maiden |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | past | they *not said here* | the Queen's whole court |  | the lawn | then |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent court=Theme across lawn=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they only took a few and buzzed away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t1:o3:1
# text = Nah, they only took a few and buzzed away
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	buzzed	buzz	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | they | a few |  |  |  | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme |
| 2 | **buzz** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they snatched every single one and zoomed off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they snatched every single one and zoomed off
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snatched	snatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	zoomed	zoom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snatch** | past | they | every single one |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **zoom off** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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