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title: Did the witch get her comeuppance, or did she get away wi' it? — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the witch get her comeuppance, or did she get away wi' it? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragm
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# Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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Did the witch get her comeuppance, or did she get away wi' it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** witch · **What happens:** get, get away · **To what, where:** comeuppance, wi

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t9:1
# text = Did the witch get her comeuppance, or did she get away wi' it?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	comeuppance	comeuppance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the witch | witch's comeuppance |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comeuppance=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get away** | past · do-support | witch | wi |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |

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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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She was turned into a toad by Childe Wynd's rowan twig

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t9:o1:1
# text = She was turned into a toad by Childe Wynd's rowan twig
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	_
9	Wynd	Wynd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
11	rowan	rowan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive | Childe's rowan twig | She |  |  |  | into a toad *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into toad=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She got turned into a hideous toad and banished for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t9:o2:1
# text = She got turned into a hideous toad and banished for ever
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	hideous	hideous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | into a hideous toad *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into toad=Result |
| 2 | **banish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got turned to a toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t9:o3:1
# text = She got turned to a toad
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | to a toad *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme to toad=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She escaped to France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:t9:o4:1
# text = She escaped to France
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | past | She |  |  | France |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial\_Location |

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