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title: By what means did the witch come to her end in the briar hedge? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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By what means did the witch come to her end in the briar hedge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witch · **What happens:** mean, come · **To what, where:** briar hedge

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» 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/754-pg2591-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:e2:1
# text = By what means did the witch come to her end in the briar hedge?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past · do-support | the witch |  |  | the briar hedge | to witch's end |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Compelled dancing until death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = Compelled dancing until death
1	Compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	until	until	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Compelled to keep dancing in red-hot shoes until she died in the hedge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = Compelled to keep dancing in red-hot shoes until she died in the hedge
1	Compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
4	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  | red hot shoes |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |
| 4 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  |  | in the hedge | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hedge=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forced to dance until death in the briar hedge that she could not escape.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = Forced to dance until death in the briar hedge that she could not escape.
1	Forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the briar hedge | until death |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hedge=Location |
| 3 | **not** **escape** | could | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Forced to dance to death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = Forced to dance to death
1	Forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | death |  |  | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to death=Trajectory |

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