--- title: why did the lad not even look at the witch? — Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the lad not even look at the witch? Test 9 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/673-pg2435-part13/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/673-pg2435-part13/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the… why did the lad not even look at the witch? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not look This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:t9:1 # text = why did the lad not even look at the witch? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | past · do-support | | | | | | at the witch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at witch=Theme | 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} He was too proud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:t9:o1:1 # text = He was too proud 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was thinking about the king's gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:t9:o2:1 # text = He was thinking about the king's gold 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | He | | | | | about the king's gold | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about gold=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He had no reason to look at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:t9:o3:1 # text = He had no reason to look at her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | no reason | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | no reason *not said here* | | | | at her *= she* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} His sword was clanking, he was busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:673-pg2435-part13:t9:o4:1 # text = His sword was clanking, he was busy 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 clanking clank VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clank** | past · progressive | His sword | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | sword | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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