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title: What did the warlock say to feed the worm, pet? — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the warlock say to feed the worm, pet? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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What did the warlock say to feed the worm, pet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** warlock · **What happens:** say, feed · **To what, where:** worm · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t5:1
# text = What did the warlock say to feed the worm, pet?
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	warlock	warlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the warlock |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive |  |  | the worm and pet |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Seven cows' milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t5:o1:1
# text = Seven cows' milk
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	milk	milk	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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Seven ewes' milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t5:o2:1
# text = Seven ewes' milk
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	ewes	ewe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven cows' milk poured into a golden bowl by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t5:o3:1
# text = Seven cows' milk poured into a golden bowl by the door
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  | Seven cows's milk *not said here* |  | a golden bowl |  | by the door | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bowl=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Milk from seven cows, given each morning at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t5:o4:1
# text = Milk from seven cows, given each morning at dawn
1	Milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle · passive |  | Milk from seven cows |  |  | dawn; morning |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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