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title: Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't… — Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she? Proper old-school chores? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she? Proper old-school chores?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Queen, her · **What happens:** make, spin, not do · **To what, where:** her, stuff

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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/1919-pg7277-part56/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:1
# text = Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
4	hemp	hemp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	distaff	distaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the Queen | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spin** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | stuff |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | Queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Proper old-school chores?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:2
# text = Proper old-school chores?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she spun wool, it was fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, she spun wool, it was fine
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past | she | wool |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wool=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, spinning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, spinning.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a distaff and flax, proper dull chore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a distaff and flax, proper dull chore
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	distaff	distaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	chore	chore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a spindle and hemp, total grim job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a spindle and hemp, total grim job
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hemp	hemp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	grim	grim	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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