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title: So the witch came down in an apple-tree and then turned human? — pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the witch came down in an apple-tree and then turned human? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1708 «pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and the Witch: he kills the witch, saves the children and wins his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★ · pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and the Witch: he kills…

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So the witch came down in an apple-tree and then turned human?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** witch · **What happens:** come down, turn · **To what, where:** apple tree

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1708 «pg640 Tales, The Youngest Brother and the Witch: he kills the witch, saves the children and wins his bride» 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/1708-pg640-part32/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1708-pg640-part32:t5:1
# text = So the witch came down in an apple-tree and then turned human?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | the witch |  |  | a apple tree |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the witch *not said here* |  |  |  | then | human *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Yup, she went from hawk to woman on landing, right by the apple tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1708-pg640-part32:t5:o1:1
# text = Yup, she went from hawk to woman on landing, right by the apple tree
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  | woman | landing |  | from hawk; by the apple tree; Yup *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from hawk=Initial\_Location to woman=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, she flew up to the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1708-pg640-part32:t5:o2:1
# text = Nah, she flew up to the roof
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly up** | past | she |  |  |  |  | to the roof *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to roof=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yup, she went from owl to man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1708-pg640-part32:t5:o3:1
# text = Yup, she went from owl to man
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	TO	_	8	case	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  | man | owl |  | Yup *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from owl=Initial\_Location to man=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Yup, she went from hawk to woman on landing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1708-pg640-part32:t5:o4:1
# text = Yup, she went from hawk to woman on landing
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  | woman on landing |  |  | from hawk; Yup *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from hawk=Initial\_Location to woman=Destination |

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