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title: Wait, was the old hunter lady a proper witch then? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, was the old hunter lady a proper witch then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier…

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Wait, was the old hunter lady a proper witch then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** old hunter lady

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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/1687-pg640-part11/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t11:1
# text = Wait, was the old hunter lady a proper witch then?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the old hunter lady |  |  |  | a proper witch *obl:unmarked* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yeah, she knew the wishing-cloak and gold tricks, dead sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t11:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she knew the wishing-cloak and gold tricks, dead sure
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | she | the wishing cloak and gold tricks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cloak=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she was a witch but only sort of, really

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t11:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she was a witch but only sort of, really
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a witch |  |  |  | sort *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just an old lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t11:o3:1
# text = Nah, just an old lady
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she only had a cloak, nothing magic about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:t11:o4:1
# text = Nah, she only had a cloak, nothing magic about it
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	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	compound	_	_
10	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | a cloak and nothing magic about magic |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Patient |

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