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title: Bro, the Queen was screaming "my boat, my boat" like a mega-drama qu… — Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, the Queen was screaming "my boat, my boat" like a mega-drama queen, wasn't she? Test 2 · ★ 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 the dependency 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

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Bro, the Queen was screaming "my boat, my boat" like a mega-drama queen, wasn't she?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** scream, not be · **To what, where:** boat, she

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t2:1
# text = Bro, the Queen was screaming "my boat, my boat" like a mega-drama queen, wasn't she?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
16	mega	mega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the Queen | my boat |  |  |  | Bro *vocative*; my boat *obl* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | the Queen *not said here* | she |  |  |  | like a drama queen | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead right, she was going off, proper wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t2:o1:1
# text = Dead right, she was going off, proper wild
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, she was going mental, proper loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she was going mental, proper loud
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, she was calm
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	calm	calm	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 | she |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dead right, she was absolutely going off, proper wild, screaming at everyone on the riverbank for ages

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1919-pg7277-part56:t2:o4:1
# text = Dead right, she was absolutely going off, proper wild, screaming at everyone on the riverbank for ages
1	Dead	dead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go off** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | absolutely *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | everyone | for ages |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at everyone=Location |

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