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title: Who did he not wanna beat, cos he's soft on her? — Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who did he not wanna beat, cos he's soft on her? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 9 · ★ · Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks th…

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Who did he not wanna beat, cos he's soft on her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** not beat, be

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 780 «Household Tales, The Wishing-Cloak: the huntsman tricks the witch, her maid and the lady, and turns the tables on them with salad» 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/780-pg2591-part56/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t9:1
# text = Who did he not wanna beat, cos he's soft on her?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **beat** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | on her *= she*; soft *property* | 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 {#o1}

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the girl who had been turned into a donkey by the witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t9:o1:1
# text = the girl who had been turned into a donkey by the witch
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive | the witch | the girl |  |  |  | into a donkey *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into donkey=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the lovely lady who gave him the cloak back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t9:o2:1
# text = the lovely lady who gave him the cloak back
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the lovely lady | the cloak | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cloak=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the kind old witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t9:o3:1
# text = the kind old witch
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the beautiful lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:780-pg2591-part56:t9:o4:1
# text = the beautiful lady
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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