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title: Why did the godmother stash her with the king's mum, like, dodging a… — Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the godmother stash her with the king's mum, like, dodging a wizard? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 14 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…

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Why did the godmother stash her with the king's mum, like, dodging a wizard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** godmother · **What happens:** stash, dodge · **To what, where:** her, wizard

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» 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/1768-pg641-part19/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t14:1
# text = Why did the godmother stash her with the king's mum, like, dodging a wizard?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stash	stash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	dodging	dodge	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stash** | past · do-support | the godmother | her *= she* |  |  |  | with the king's mum | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **dodge** | gerund | the godmother *not said here* | a wizard |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent wizard=Location |

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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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To save her from a wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t14:o1:1
# text = To save her from a wizard
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | from a wizard | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from wizard=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To protect her from the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t14:o2:1
# text = To protect her from the war
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  | from the war | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from war=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To hide her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t14:o3:1
# text = To hide her
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the king ordered it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1768-pg641-part19:t14:o4:1
# text = Because the king ordered it
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the king | it |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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