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title: Explain the significance of the phrase "Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie". — English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the significance of the phrase "Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie". Exam question 4 of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland…

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Explain the significance of the phrase "Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** explain · **To what, where:** significance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1961 «English Fairy Tales, Molly Whuppie, part 1: Childe Rowland frees his sister and the Elfin King, then Molly Whuppie tricks a giant three times» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1961-pg7439-part20/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:e4:1
# text = Explain the significance of the phrase "Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie".
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Woe	woe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	Molly	Molly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	Whuppie	Whuppie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of the phrase Woe |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:e4:o1:1
# text = a warning
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a praise for her wit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:e4:o2:1
# text = a praise for her wit
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a curse upon her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:e4:o3:1
# text = a curse upon her
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a blessing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1961-pg7439-part20:e4:o4:1
# text = a blessing
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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