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title: Oi, what was the witch's own kid doing in the bed? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Oi, what was the witch's own kid doing in the bed? Test 1 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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Oi, what was the witch's own kid doing in the bed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** own kid · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** own kid, bed

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t1:1
# text = Oi, what was the witch's own kid doing in the bed?
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the witch's own kid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the witch's own kid *not said here* |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Hiding under a sheet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t1:o1:1
# text = Hiding under a sheet
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  |  |  | a sheet |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under sheet=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crying under a blanket, hurt badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t1:o2:1
# text = Crying under a blanket, hurt badly
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | a blanket |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under blanket=Location |
| 2 | **hurt** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Lying there with her head chopped off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t1:o3:1
# text = Lying there with her head chopped off
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | there |  | with her head | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **chop off** | past | Lying |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sitting up, wide awake and smiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t1:o4:1
# text = Sitting up, wide awake and smiling
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	smiling	smile	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smile** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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