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title: What did the powder do to her, blud? — Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the powder do to her, blud? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1827 «Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leaves the fish, grows young, is turned to ashes, and returns as a little white dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leave…

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What did the powder do to her, blud?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** powder · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** blud, her

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1827 «Indian Fairy Tales, Laili and Majnun, part 11: Laili leaves the fish, grows young, is turned to ashes, and returns as a little white dog» 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/1827-pg7128-part11/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:t9:1
# text = What did the powder do to her, blud?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
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	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	blud	blud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the powder | blud | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Made her a pile of ash on the palace floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:t9:o1:1
# text = Made her a pile of ash on the palace floor
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | a pile of ash | her *= she* | the palace floor |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary pile=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Turned her into a small white dog that barked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:t9:o2:1
# text = Turned her into a small white dog that barked
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | into a small white dog *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into dog=Result |
| 2 | **bark** | past | a small white dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Made her a pile of ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:t9:o3:1
# text = Made her a pile of ash
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | a pile of ash | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary pile=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turned her into dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1827-pg7128-part11:t9:o4:1
# text = Turned her into dust
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | her *= she* |  | dust |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme into dust=Trajectory |

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