--- title: wait, what did Esben wrap in skin for the witch to bite? — Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did Esben wrap in skin for the witch to bite? Test 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 of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1659-pg5615-part48/t3/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1659-pg5615-part48/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the w… wait, what did Esben wrap in skin for the witch to bite? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Esben · **What happens:** wait, wrap, bite · **To what, where:** skin This is test 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. 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:t3:1 # text = wait, what did Esben wrap in skin for the witch to bite? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Esben Esben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wrap wrap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **wrap** | past · do-support | Esben | | | skin | | for the witch | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme in skin=Destination | | 3 | **bite** | to-infinitive | Esben *not said here* | | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | 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} a long iron nail wrapped in cow skin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:t3:o1:1 # text = a long iron nail wrapped in cow skin 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | participle | | a long iron nail *not said here* | | cow skin | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in skin=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} a brass key ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:t3:o2:1 # text = a brass key 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a silver ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:t3:o3:1 # text = a silver ring 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} an iron nail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1659-pg5615-part48:t3:o4:1 # text = an iron nail 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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