--- title: By what means did Childe Wynd render the witch-queen into a toad? — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Childe Wynd render the witch-queen into a toad? Exam question 3 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1970-pg7439-part29/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:… By what means did Childe Wynd render the witch-queen into a toad? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, render · **To what, where:** witch queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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/1970-pg7439-part29/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e3:1 # text = By what means did Childe Wynd render the witch-queen into a toad? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 6 Wynd Wynd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 render render VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **render** | present | | the witch queen | | | | into a toad | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | 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} By striking her three times with a rowan branch and a prayer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e3:o1:1 # text = By striking her three times with a rowan branch and a prayer 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 rowan rowan NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | gerund | | | | | time | with a rowan branch and a prayer | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with branch=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By touching her with rowan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e3:o2:1 # text = By touching her with rowan 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rowan rowan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | with rowan | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer with rowan=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} By cursing her with salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e3:o3:1 # text = By cursing her with salt 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 cursing curse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | gerund | | her *= she* | | | | with salt | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By touching her face with a rowan twig from the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e3:o4:1 # text = By touching her face with a rowan twig from the hill 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 touching touch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 rowan rowan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 twig twig NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | gerund | | her face | | | | with a rowan twig from the hill | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent face=Experiencer with twig=Instrument | **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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