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title: lowkey, why'd the old lady snitch to the witch? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: lowkey, why'd the old lady snitch to the witch? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 7 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

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lowkey, why'd the old lady snitch to the witch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» 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/1591-pg55-part6/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t7:1
# text = lowkey, why'd the old lady snitch to the witch?
1	lowkey	lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	snitch	snitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she wanted to get a new cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t7:o1:1
# text = she wanted to get a new cow
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | a new cow |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cow=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she wanted the girl to keep cooking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t7:o2:1
# text = she wanted the girl to keep cooking
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | the girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | cooking |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cooking=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she hoped the witch would pay her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t7:o3:1
# text = she hoped the witch would pay her
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | would | the witch | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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she wanted the girl to keep cooking for her family and never marry the Woodman

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t7:o4:1
# text = she wanted the girl to keep cooking for her family and never marry the Woodman
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	cooking	cook	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she | the girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cook** | gerund | the girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for girl's family | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for family=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **not** **marry** | infinitive | she *not said here* | the Woodman |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woodman=Patient |

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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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