--- title: how did the stepmum try to finish her off? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little… · tree and pragmatics description: how did the stepmum try to finish her off? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/127-pg11027-part30/t8/) [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's Fairy Tales, The Three Little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/127-pg11027-part30/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, par… how did the stepmum try to finish her off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stepmum · **What happens:** try, finish off · **To what, where:** stepmum This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 127 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Little Men in the Wood, part 1: a stepmother sends her stepdaughter into the snow for strawberries» 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/127-pg11027-part30/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t8:1 # text = how did the stepmum try to finish her off? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stepmum stepmum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · do-support | the stepmum | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **finish off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the stepmum *not said here* | stepmum | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality she=Eventuality | 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} told her to fish in the lake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t8:o1:1 # text = told her to fish in the lake 1 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | her *= she* | the lake | | to fish | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Topic to fish=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} sent her to get a net through ice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t8:o2:1 # text = sent her to get a net through ice 1 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | her *= she* | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | a net | | ice | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer net=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} made her walk into the frozen forest alone to find the net ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t8:o3:1 # text = made her walk into the frozen forest alone to find the net 1 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | her *= she* | | | | | into the frozen forest *result*; alone *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into forest=Result | | 2 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | the net | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent net=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} sent her to the frozen lake to drown herself at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:127-pg11027-part30:t8:o4:1 # text = sent her to the frozen lake to drown herself at night 1 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | her *= she* | | the frozen lake | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to lake=Destination | | 2 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **drown** | to-infinitive | | herself *= she* | | | night | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | **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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