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title: What's the Wise Woman's deal, is she actually useful or what? — English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the Wise Woman's deal, is she actually useful or what? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 7 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe…

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What's the Wise Woman's deal, is she actually useful or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** deal, Wise Woman · **What happens:** be, deal

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 264 «English Fairy Tales, The Lambton Worm, part 1: the Childe fights the Worm at the Rock» 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/264-pg14241-part31/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t7:1
# text = What's the Wise Woman's deal, is she actually useful or what?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Wise Woman's deal |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | actually, useful *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deal** |  | the Wise Woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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's canny, sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t7:o1:1
# text = She's canny, sound
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | canny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's canny, tells him bits, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t7:o2:1
# text = She's canny, tells him bits, mate
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | canny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | She *not said here* | bits and mate | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bit=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She's a witch, gives him a plan, sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t7:o3:1
# text = She's a witch, gives him a plan, sound
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | She | a witch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | a witch | a plan and sound | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plan=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's canny, gives him the whole plan, sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:264-pg14241-part31:t7:o4:1
# text = She's canny, gives him the whole plan, sound
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | canny *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | She *not said here* | the whole plan and sound | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient plan=Theme |

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