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title: wait, why did the witch need a servant? — Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Milit… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the witch need a servant? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1715 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich frees a hare, breaks a forbidden door and becomes a witch's servant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, why did the witch need a servant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, need · **To what, where:** servant

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1715 «Russian Fairy Tales, Iwanich and Militza, part 39: Iwanich frees a hare, breaks a forbidden door and becomes a witch's servant» 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/1715-pg640-part39/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1715-pg640-part39:t11:1
# text = wait, why did the witch need a servant?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | you *not said here* | a servant |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot servant=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to lead her horses out to the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1715-pg640-part39:t11:o1:1
# text = to lead her horses out to the fields
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead out** | to-infinitive |  | her horses |  | the fields |  | out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to field=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to milk her goats each morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1715-pg640-part39:t11:o2:1
# text = to milk her goats each morning
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to lead her horses out to the fields every morning and bring them back at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1715-pg640-part39:t11:o3:1
# text = to lead her horses out to the fields every morning and bring them back at night
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead out** | to-infinitive |  | her horses |  | the fields | morning | out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to field=Destination |
| 2 | **bring back** | infinitive |  | horses *= horse* |  |  | night |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to lead all her horses and goats out to the fields and watch over the whole farm

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1715-pg640-part39:t11:o4:1
# text = to lead all her horses and goats out to the fields and watch over the whole farm
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | to-infinitive |  | her horses and goats |  | the fields |  | out *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to field=Destination |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive |  |  |  | the whole farm |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over farm=Location |

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