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title: wait so the ravens were her brothers the whole time, right? no cap — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so the ravens were her brothers the whole time, right? no cap Test 2 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait so the ravens were her brothers the whole time, right? no cap

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, ravens · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** cap, brothers

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 779 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wishing-Cloak, part 55: a sister frees her ravens, Mrs Fox tests her suitors, and a huntsman gets a magic cloak» 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/779-pg2591-part55/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t2:1
# text = wait so the ravens were her brothers the whole time, right? no cap
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | no cap |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the ravens | her brothers |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, seven brothers turned into ravens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t2:o1:1
# text = yep, seven brothers turned into ravens
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | seven brothers |  |  | ravens |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into raven=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, seven brothers turned into ravens by a wicked witch's spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t2:o2:1
# text = yep, seven brothers turned into ravens by a wicked witch's spell
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | seven brothers |  |  | ravens |  | by a wicked witch's spell | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into raven=Source by spell=Trajectory |
| 2 | **spell** |  | a wicked witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nope, the ravens were seven brothers who got turned into birds by their stepmother long ago

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t2:o3:1
# text = nope, the ravens were seven brothers who got turned into birds by their stepmother long ago
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the ravens | seven brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past · passive | ravens's stepmother | seven brothers |  |  |  | into birds *result*; ago *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into bird=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, they were seven crows instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:779-pg2591-part55:t2:o4:1
# text = yep, they were seven crows instead
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | seven crows |  |  |  | instead *property* | tree rules |

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