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title: How did the witch end up dead, innit? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the witch end up dead, innit? Test 5 · ★ 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 of each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo…

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How did the witch end up dead, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witch, you · **What happens:** be, end up, innit

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t5:1
# text = How did the witch end up dead, innit?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **end up** | present | the witch |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **innit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Fell asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t5:o1:1
# text = Fell asleep
1	Fell	fell	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Burned in iron shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t5:o2:1
# text = Burned in iron shoes
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  | iron shoes |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Choked on her own breath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t5:o3:1
# text = Choked on her own breath
1	Choked	choke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	breath	breath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choke** | participle |  |  |  | her own breath |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dancing till her legs gave out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t5:o4:1
# text = Dancing till her legs gave out
1	Dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | past | Dancing till Dancing's legs |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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