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title: Yo, how many witches were sat round the fire by the end? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, how many witches were sat round the fire by the end? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1988 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches and a sieve of water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches an…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yo, how many witches were sat round the fire by the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** sit · **To what, where:** many witches

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1988 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Horned Women: a night of witches and a sieve of water» 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/1988-pg7885-part7/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1988-pg7885-part7:t2:1
# text = Yo, how many witches were sat round the fire by the end?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	round	round	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **sit** | past · passive | the end | many witches |  |  |  | round the fire | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve, sure, all with horns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1988-pg7885-part7:t2:o1:1
# text = Twelve, sure, all with horns
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve, sure, all with horns, and the mistress was frozen in the doorway by then

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1988-pg7885-part7:t2:o2:1
# text = Twelve, sure, all with horns, and the mistress was frozen in the doorway by then
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	doorway	doorway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | the mistress |  | the doorway |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seven, sure, all lying down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1988-pg7885-part7:t2:o3:1
# text = Seven, sure, all lying down
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	parataxis	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | gerund | all |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Twelve, sure, all with horns, and they were singing a rhyme the whole time round the fire

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1988-pg7885-part7:t2:o4:1
# text = Twelve, sure, all with horns, and they were singing a rhyme the whole time round the fire
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	ccomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	horns	horn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	round	round	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | horns *= horn* | a rhyme |  |  | time | round the fire | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rhyme=Theme |

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