--- title: what did the queen say about marrying? — Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the… · tree and pragmatics description: what did the queen say about marrying? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/647-pg23661-part15/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa… what did the queen say about marrying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queen · **What happens:** do, say, marry · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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/647-pg23661-part15/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t11:1 # text = what did the queen say about marrying? 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 4 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 about about SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **marry** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 {#o1} a clever man could rule the place with her, and the King would approve ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t11:o1:1 # text = a clever man could rule the place with her, and the King would approve 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 approve approve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | could | a clever man | the place | | | | with her *= she* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **approve** | would | the King | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} a clever man could rule the whole kingdom beside her someday ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t11:o2:1 # text = a clever man could rule the whole kingdom beside her someday 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 beside beside ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 someday someday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | could | a clever man | the whole kingdom | | her someday | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} a prince would be nice, maybe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t11:o3:1 # text = a prince would be nice, maybe 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | a prince | | | | | maybe, nice *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a clever man could rule the place ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:647-pg23661-part15:t11:o4:1 # text = a clever man could rule the place 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rule** | could | a clever man | the place | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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