--- title: did the Witch starve the Lion or what? — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics description: did the Witch starve the Lion or what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1601-pg55-part16/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1601-pg55-part16/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch… did the Witch starve the Lion or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Witch · **What happens:** starve · **To what, where:** Lion This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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/1601-pg55-part16/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t8:1 # text = did the Witch starve the Lion or what? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | past · do-support | the Witch | the Lion | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yep, no food till he obeys ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t8:o1:1 # text = yep, no food till he obeys 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 obeys obey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | present | he | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} yep, she starved him a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t8:o2:1 # text = yep, she starved him a lot 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 starved starve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **starve** | past | she | him *= he* | | | | a lot *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yep, no food till he obeys and does the harness work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t8:o3:1 # text = yep, no food till he obeys and does the harness work 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 obeys obey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 harness harness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | present | he | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | he *not said here* | the harness work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} yep, no food at all till he obeys her and pulls her cart all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t8:o4:1 # text = yep, no food at all till he obeys her and pulls her cart all day 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ 7 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 obeys obey VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **obey** | present | he | her *= she* | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **pull** | present | he *not said here* | her cart | | | day | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme | **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. 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