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title: bet the princess was on a super fancy seat, huh? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: bet the princess was on a super fancy seat, huh? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bet the princess was on a super fancy seat, huh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, princess · **What happens:** bet, be · **To what, where:** super fancy seat

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» 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/982-pg27200-part193/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t7:1
# text = bet the princess was on a super fancy seat, huh?
1	bet	bet	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	huh	huh	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bet** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the princess |  |  | a super fancy seat |  |  | 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 -->
yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t7:o1:1
# text = yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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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 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, set in gold, with cushions stitched from rose-colored silk

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t7:o2:1
# text = yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, set in gold, with cushions stitched from rose-colored silk
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	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
18	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	colored	color	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  | a pearl *not said here* |  | gold |  | with cushions | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in gold=Destination |
| 3 | **stitch** | participle |  | cushions *not said here* |  | colored silk |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent from silk=Material |
| 4 | **color** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, a chair carved from one white stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t7:o3:1
# text = yep, a chair carved from one white stone
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  | a chair *not said here* |  | one white stone |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, sitting on a cushion of silk in the middle of the great hall

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t7:o4:1
# text = yeah, a pearl as big as a spinning wheel, sitting on a cushion of silk in the middle of the great hall
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cushion	cushion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | a cushion of silk |  | in the middle of the great hall | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cushion=Location |

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