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title: So why did everyone bow to Dorothy on the road? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: So why did everyone bow to Dorothy on the road? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silve…

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So why did everyone bow to Dorothy on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** bow · **To what, where:** Dorothy, road

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» 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/1588-pg55-part3/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t12:1
# text = So why did everyone bow to Dorothy on the road?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past · do-support | everyone |  | Dorothy | the road |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to dorothy=Pivot |

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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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They feared she had come to rule the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = They feared she had come to rule the land
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rule** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **beat** | past · perfect | she | the Wicked Witch |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location witch=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch and freed the Munchkins from her spell forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch and freed the Munchkins from her spell forever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	freed	free	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **beat** | past · perfect | she | the Wicked Witch |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location witch=Theme |
| 3 | **free** | past | They *not said here* | the Munchkins |  | her spell |  | forever *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer munchkin=Source |
| 4 | **spell** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They had heard she had come from the sky and wanted to see the magic shoes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = They had heard she had come from the sky and wanted to see the magic shoes
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **come** | past · perfect | she |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **want** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the magic shoes |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus |

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