--- title: wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger? — Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: los… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/101-pg11027-part4/t10/) [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/) / [Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: los…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/101-pg11027-part4/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe… wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, witch · **What happens:** wait, feel · **To what, where:** bone This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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/101-pg11027-part4/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t10:1 # text = wait, why did the witch feel a bone instead of a finger? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **feel** | past · do-support | the witch | a bone | | | | instead a finger | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme | 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 {#o1} her fingers are too thin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t10:o1:1 # text = her fingers are too thin 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | her fingers | | | | | thin *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} her sight is poor now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t10:o2:1 # text = her sight is poor now 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | her sight | | | | now | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sight** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} her eyes are too weak to see the bone so she feels for things ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t10:o3:1 # text = her eyes are too weak to see the bone so she feels for things 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | her eyes | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | her eyes *not said here* | the bone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | present | she | | | | | for things | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} her eyes are too weak to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t10:o4:1 # text = her eyes are too weak to see 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | her eyes | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | her eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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