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title: Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what? — Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punis…

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Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, get off · **To what, where:** wicked stepmother

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 128 «Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin, part 31: the wicked pair are punished, and a Miller's daughter must spin straw into gold» 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/128-pg11027-part31/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t10:1
# text = Did the wicked stepmother get off scot-free or what?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	scot	scot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wicked stepmother |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepmother=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get off** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Nah, she got put in a barrel full of nails and rolled down a hill into the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t10:o1:1
# text = Nah, she got put in a barrel full of nails and rolled down a hill into the river
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · passive |  | she |  | a barrel |  | into the river | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in barrel=Destination |
| 2 | **roll down** | participle |  | a hill |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she got rolled down a hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, she got rolled down a hill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll down** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  | a hill *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they got banished to the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t10:o3:1
# text = Nah, they got banished to the north
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **banish** | past · passive |  | they |  | the north |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to north=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they got put in a cask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:128-pg11027-part31:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they got put in a cask
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cask	cask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past · passive |  | they |  | a cask |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cask=Destination |

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