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title: How did the palace even happen, like what was going on there? — The Book of Dragons, The Last of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the palace even happen, like what was going on there? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

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How did the palace even happen, like what was going on there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** palace · **What happens:** happen, go

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» 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/650-pg23661-part18/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t9:1
# text = How did the palace even happen, like what was going on there?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past · do-support | the palace |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on there=Location |

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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}

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Ships came from far and wide and a palace was built

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = Ships came from far and wide and a palace was built
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Ships |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from far=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **build** | past · passive |  | a palace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ship came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = A ship came
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a ship |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Traders came and the queen made a palace grow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = Traders came and the queen made a palace grow
1	Traders	trader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Traders |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | the queen | a palace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product |
| 3 | **grow** | present | Traders *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The King built it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:650-pg23661-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = The King built it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the King | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

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