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title: where was the princess sitting, like a throne or summat? — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: where was the princess sitting, like a throne or summat? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

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where was the princess sitting, like a throne or summat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, sit

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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/290-pg1597-part17/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t7:1
# text = where was the princess sitting, like a throne or summat?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	summat	summat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the princess |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | the princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a throne or summat | vn assuming\_position-50 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, dead posh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t7:o1:1
# text = On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, dead posh
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	spinning	spinning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a crystal stool, dead fancy and very lovely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t7:o2:1
# text = On a crystal stool, dead fancy and very lovely
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, sitting up grand and dead posh

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t7:o3:1
# text = On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, sitting up grand and dead posh
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	spinning	spinning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	posh	posh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | grand *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a velvet cushion, placed on a marble step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:290-pg1597-part17:t7:o4:1
# text = On a velvet cushion, placed on a marble step
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | participle |  | a velvet cushion *not said here* |  |  |  | on a marble step | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on step=Destination |

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