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title: What did the troll-witch get, like the worst ever? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the troll-witch get, like the worst ever? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

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What did the troll-witch get, like the worst ever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** troll witch · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** troll witch

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t9:1
# text = What did the troll-witch get, like the worst ever?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	obl	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the troll witch |  |  | ever |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | the troll witch *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Burned at the stake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t9:o1:1
# text = Burned at the stake
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  | the stake |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stake=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Sent away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t9:o2:1
# text = Sent away
1	Sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Torn apart by horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t9:o3:1
# text = Torn apart by horses
1	Torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear apart** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by horses; apart *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by horse=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Locked up in a tower, and the horses were sent back to the stable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t9:o4:1
# text = Locked up in a tower, and the horses were sent back to the stable
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock up** | participle |  |  |  | a tower |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **send back** | past · passive |  | the horses |  | the stable |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to stable=Destination |

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