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title: Did the Queen get her twelve ladies back at the end? — Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Queen get her twelve ladies back at the end? Test 6 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

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Did the Queen get her twelve ladies back at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** twelve ladies

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t6:1
# text = Did the Queen get her twelve ladies back at the end?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the Queen | Queen's twelve ladies |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus |

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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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Nah, the Queen never saw them again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, the Queen never saw them again
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past | the Queen | them *= they* |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, she got them back by spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she got them back by spring
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past | she | them *= they* |  |  | spring |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nah, Paridamie just said soon she wouldn't miss them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, Paridamie just said soon she wouldn't miss them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Paridamie |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **miss** | would | Paridamie | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, the bees ate them all and Paridamie only said sorry in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1876-pg7277-part13:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, the bees ate them all and Paridamie only said sorry in the end
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bees	bee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | the bees | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | Paridamie |  |  |  | in the end | sorry *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in end=Manner |

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