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title: Howay, what kind of spell turned Margaret into a worm, like? — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Howay, what kind of spell turned Margaret into a worm, like? Test 2 · ★ 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 and pragmat
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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Howay, what kind of spell turned Margaret into a worm, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Howay · **What happens:** turn · **To what, where:** Margaret

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This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t2:1
# text = Howay, what kind of spell turned Margaret into a worm, like?
1	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Margaret	Margaret	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | Howay | Margaret |  |  |  | into a worm *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent margaret=Theme into worm=Result |

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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 dark charm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t2:o1:1
# text = A dark charm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	charm	charm	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 kiss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t2:o2:1
# text = A kiss
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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 nasty spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t2:o3:1
# text = A nasty spell
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A curse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t2:o4:1
# text = A curse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	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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