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title: Was the witch's hut sick or just ruined, innit? — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the witch's hut sick or just ruined, innit? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the witch's hut sick or just ruined, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, ruin, innit · **To what, where:** hut

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t8:1
# text = Was the witch's hut sick or just ruined, innit?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the witch's hut |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Burned to ashes by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t8:o1:1
# text = Burned to ashes by the fire
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	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 |  |  |  |  |  | to ashes; by the fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Razed to the ground, completely flattened, with not a single stone left standing, bruv

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t8:o2:1
# text = Razed to the ground, completely flattened, with not a single stone left standing, bruv
1	Razed	raze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | participle |  | bruv |  |  |  | to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flatten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | past | a single stone |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | gerund | a single stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Razed to the ground, flattened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t8:o3:1
# text = Razed to the ground, flattened
1	Razed	raze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flatten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Razed to the ground, flattened, and the ashes scattered across the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:t8:o4:1
# text = Razed to the ground, flattened, and the ashes scattered across the field
1	Razed	raze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	flattened	flatten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the ground | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flatten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **scatter** | participle · passive |  | the ashes |  | the field |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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