--- title: What did the witch do with those snakes? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the witch do with those snakes? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/879-pg27200-part90/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m… What did the witch do with those snakes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** witch This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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/879-pg27200-part90/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t9:1 # text = What did the witch do with those snakes? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the witch | | | | with that snakes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Hung them on the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t9:o1:1 # text = Hung them on the wall 1 Hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | | them *= they* | | the wall | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on wall=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Let them bite her gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t9:o2:1 # text = Let them bite her gently 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bite** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | gently *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Let them crawl all over her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t9:o3:1 # text = Let them crawl all over her 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 crawl crawl VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **crawl** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | over her *= she*; all *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over she=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Let them coil around her body while she stirred the pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:t9:o4:1 # text = Let them coil around her body while she stirred the pot 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 coil coil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 around around ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stirred stir VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **coil** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | her body | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around body=Destination | | 3 | **stir** | past | she | the pot | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pot=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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