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title: what's in the magician's brew, the potion stuff, bruh? — Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's in the magician's brew, the potion stuff, bruh? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her bro…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's in the magician's brew, the potion stuff, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** brew

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1679 «Fairy Book, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers but is condemned to burn» 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/1679-pg640-part3/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t12:1
# text = what's in the magician's brew, the potion stuff, bruh?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	brew	brew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the magician's brew and the potion stuff |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
nine herbs picked by moonlight from the graveyard, then mixed with bird feathers and water

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = nine herbs picked by moonlight from the graveyard, then mixed with bird feathers and water
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | participle |  | nine herbs *not said here* |  |  |  | by moonlight; from the graveyard | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent from graveyard=Patient |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | nine herbs *not said here* |  |  | then | with bird feathers and water | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with feather=Co-Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nine herbs picked by moonlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = nine herbs picked by moonlight
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | participle |  | nine herbs *not said here* |  |  |  | by moonlight | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nine berries picked at sunrise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = nine berries picked at sunrise
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | participle |  | nine berries *not said here* |  |  | sunrise |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nine herbs picked by moonlight and boiled with honey and a bit of owl blood

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1679-pg640-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = nine herbs picked by moonlight and boiled with honey and a bit of owl blood
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	moonlight	moonlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | participle |  | nine herbs *not said here* |  |  |  | by moonlight | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **boil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with honey and a bit of owl blood | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient with honey=Instrument |

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