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title: Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way — Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way Test 5 · ★ of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stepmom · **What happens:** send · **To what, where:** her, place

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 440 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Baba Yaga, the girl escapes with a towel and a comb» 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/440-pg22373-part32/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:t5:1
# text = Her stepmom sent her to the witch's place for needles, no way
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stepmom	stepmom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Her stepmom | her *= she* |  | the witch's place for needles and no way |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination |

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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 -->
Yeah, to ask for needle and thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, to ask for needle and thread
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for needle and thread | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to beg a needle, thread and a basket of bread from the old witch

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, to beg a needle, thread and a basket of bread from the old witch
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	beg	beg	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  | a needle and thread and a basket of bread |  |  |  | from the old witch | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent needle=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to fetch the bread and milk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, to fetch the bread and milk
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | the bread and milk |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, to ask the witch for a needle and some thread for the shift

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:440-pg22373-part32:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, to ask the witch for a needle and some thread for the shift
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shift	shift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | the witch |  |  | for a needle and some thread; for the shift | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent witch=Recipient |

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