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description: State the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben upon her return from Troms Church. Exam question 3 of lesson 1659 «Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the witch, saves his brothers and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the w…

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State the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben upon her return from Troms Church.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, witch, Esben · **What happens:** state, pursue, return · **To what, where:** outcome, Esben, Troms Church

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1659 «Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the witch, saves his brothers and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1659-pg5615-part48/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:e3:1
# text = State the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben upon her return from Troms Church.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Esben	Esben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Troms	Troms	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Church	Church	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the witch's pursuit of Esben |  |  |  | upon Esben's return from Troms Church | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **pursue** |  | the witch | Esben |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 3 | **return** |  | Esben |  |  | Troms Church |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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She fell into the sea and was swallowed by the waves beyond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:e3:o1:1
# text = She fell into the sea and was swallowed by the waves beyond
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | She |  |  |  |  | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result |
| 2 | **swallow** | past · passive | the waves |  |  |  |  | beyond *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She fled to the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:e3:o2:1
# text = She fled to the hills
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | She |  |  | the hills |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She was struck by lightning and turned into dust across the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:e3:o3:1
# text = She was struck by lightning and turned into dust across the valley
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past · passive | lightning | She |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument |
| 2 | **turn** | past | lightning *not said here* |  |  | dust |  | across the valley | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into dust=Source across valley=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She burst into numerous pieces of flint which scattered across the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:e3:o4:1
# text = She burst into numerous pieces of flint which scattered across the country
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burst	burst	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	numerous	numerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flint	flint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burst** | past | She |  |  | numerous pieces of flint |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **scatter** | past | flint |  |  | the country |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across country=Destination |

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