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title: What did the three Princes spot at the window? — Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the three Princes spot at the window? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 14 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

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What did the three Princes spot at the window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Princes spot, window

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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/1911-pg7277-part48/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:t14:1
# text = What did the three Princes spot at the window?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Princes spot |  | the window |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Parsley, combing her long black hair, proper beautiful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:t14:o1:1
# text = Parsley, combing her long black hair, proper beautiful
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	combing	comb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comb** | gerund | Parsley *not said here* | Parsley's long black hair |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Parsley, combing her long black hair by the window, proper beautiful and dead tidy

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:t14:o2:1
# text = Parsley, combing her long black hair by the window, proper beautiful and dead tidy
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	combing	comb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	tidy	tidy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comb** | gerund | Parsley *not said here* | Parsley's long black hair |  |  |  | by the window | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Parsley, sewing a long gold dress by the window, proper lovely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:t14:o3:1
# text = Parsley, sewing a long gold dress by the window, proper lovely
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sewing	sew	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | gerund | Parsley *not said here* | a long gold dress |  |  |  | by the window | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme by window=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Parsley, combing her long black hair in the sunlight, proper beautiful, and the three of them just stared

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1911-pg7277-part48:t14:o4:1
# text = Parsley, combing her long black hair in the sunlight, proper beautiful, and the three of them just stared
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	combing	comb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	advcl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
20	just	just	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comb** | gerund | Parsley | Parsley's long black hair |  | the sunlight |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **stare** | past | Parsley *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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