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title: Did the wicked sister get off easy or what? — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the wicked sister get off easy or what? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 6 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the wicked sister get off easy or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wicked sister · **What happens:** get off

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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/1663-pg5615-part52/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:t6:1
# text = Did the wicked sister get off easy or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get off** | past · do-support | the wicked sister |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was sent to the mines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she was sent to the mines
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | she |  | the mines |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mine=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, a spiky cart, four horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, a spiky cart, four horses
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	spiky	spiky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, a spiky barrel, six horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, a spiky barrel, six horses
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	spiky	spiky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she was dragged through the streets in a cart of thorns by ten horses

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, she was dragged through the streets in a cart of thorns by ten horses
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | past · passive | ten horses | she |  | the streets |  | in a cart of thorns | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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