--- title: Did the Witch just ask for an old tinder-box? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the Witch just ask for an old tinder-box? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1737-pg640-part61/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier… Did the Witch just ask for an old tinder-box? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Witch · **What happens:** do, ask This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» 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/1737-pg640-part61/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:t3:1 # text = Did the Witch just ask for an old tinder-box? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 tinder tinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Witch | | | | | for a old tinder box | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Nah, she wanted a shiny ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:t3:o1:1 # text = Nah, she wanted a shiny ring 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 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 shiny shiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | a shiny ring | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ring=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, she wanted gold, innit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:t3:o2:1 # text = Yeah, she wanted gold, innit 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 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | she | gold and innit | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, that was the whole deal, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:t3:o3:1 # text = Yeah, that was the whole deal, mate 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | that | the whole deal | | | | mate *vocative* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dunno, bruv ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1737-pg640-part61:t3:o4:1 # text = Dunno, bruv 1 Dunno Dunno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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