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title: Ngl, how did the witch get the maiden to vanish? — Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, how did the witch get the maiden to vanish? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…

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Ngl, how did the witch get the maiden to vanish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do, get, vanish · **To what, where:** witch, maiden

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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/1759-pg641-part10/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t7:1
# text = Ngl, how did the witch get the maiden to vanish?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	vanish	vanish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the witch |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | Ngl | the maiden |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maiden=Stimulus |
| 3 | **vanish** | to-infinitive | Ngl *not said here* | the maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She snipped off a lock of hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t7:o1:1
# text = She snipped off a lock of hair
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	snipped	snip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snip off** | past | She | a lock of hair |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She cut her hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t7:o2:1
# text = She cut her hair
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | She | her hair |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She stole a silver ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t7:o3:1
# text = She stole a silver ring
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | She | a silver ring |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ring=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She burned a lock of hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1759-pg641-part10:t7:o4:1
# text = She burned a lock of hair
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | She | a lock of hair |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lock=Theme |

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