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title: wait, why did the prince chuck the witch's daughter over the river? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderel… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the prince chuck the witch's daughter over the river? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol…

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wait, why did the prince chuck the witch's daughter over the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prince · **What happens:** wait, chuck · **To what, where:** daughter, river

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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/1534-pg540-part31/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t4:1
# text = wait, why did the prince chuck the witch's daughter over the river?
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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **chuck** | past · do-support | the prince | the witch's daughter |  | the river |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme over river=Destination |

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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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to let the reindeer cross over safely to the marsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t4:o1:1
# text = to let the reindeer cross over safely to the marsh
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	marsh	marsh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | the reindeer cross | the marsh |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cross=Theme to marsh=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to cross the wide river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t4:o2:1
# text = to cross the wide river
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | to-infinitive |  | the wide river |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to punish her for the witch's cruel lies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t4:o3:1
# text = to punish her for the witch's cruel lies
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	punish	punish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | for the witch's cruel lies | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for lie=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** |  | the witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to make a bridge out of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t4:o4:1
# text = to make a bridge out of her
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a bridge |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset bridge=Beneficiary her=Product |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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