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title: What was the outcome of the witch's attempt to steal the sword durin… — Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the witch's attempt to steal the sword during the night? Exam question 2 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 2 · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…

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What was the outcome of the witch's attempt to steal the sword during the night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witch · **What happens:** be, steal, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, sword

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/673-pg2435-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:e2:1
# text = What was the outcome of the witch's attempt to steal the sword during the night?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	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	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the witch's attempt | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | to-infinitive |  | the sword |  |  | night |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme |
| 3 | **attempt** |  | the witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She was caught by the guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = She was caught by the guards
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive | the guards | She |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sliced	slice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice off** | past · passive | the blade | Her iron nose |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She fled before the sword touched her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = She fled before the sword touched her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **touch** | past | the sword | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade as she crept through the tent in the dark night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = Her iron nose was sliced off by the blade as she crept through the tent in the dark night
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sliced	slice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice off** | past · passive | the blade | Her iron nose |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **creep** | past | she |  |  | the tent | night |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tent=Trajectory |

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