--- title: ★★★ The Woman makes a Magic «that should prevent her from saying a t… — Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The Woman makes a Magic «that should prevent her from saying a third word». Why is it funny that the Still Magic itself brings the mouse? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/t17/) [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/) / [Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/) / t17 # Test 17 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: t… ★★★ The Woman makes a Magic «that should prevent her from saying a third word». Why is it funny that the Still Magic itself brings the mouse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, that, word, Still Magic · **What happens:** make, prevent, say, be, bring · **To what, where:** Magic, ★, third word, mouse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 95 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 3: the third word, the Man, the Dog, and how cats really came to live with us» 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/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/#t17). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Woman makes a Magic «that should prevent her from saying a third word». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:1 # text = ★★★ The Woman makes a Magic «that should prevent her from saying a third word». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 11 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 from from SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | ★ ★ the Woman | a Magic | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product | | 2 | **prevent** *in a quote* | should | that | ★ | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | gerund | that *not said here* | a third word | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why is it funny that the Still Magic itself brings the mouse? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:2 # text = Why is it funny that the Still Magic itself brings the mouse? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Still Still PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 8 nmod:unmarked _ _ 10 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | word | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | present | the Still Magic Magic | | the mouse | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument mouse=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Cat made the Magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:o1:1 # text = The Cat made the Magic 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Magic Magic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the Cat | the Magic | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Her own magic made the stillness that let the mouse out, so she praises the Cat after all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:o2:1 # text = Her own magic made the stillness that let the mouse out, so she praises the Cat after all 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stillness stillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 praises praise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Her own magic | the stillness | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stillness=Product | | 2 | **let out** | past | the stillness | the mouse | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | | 3 | **praise** | present | magic | the Cat | | | after all | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The mouse is magic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:o3:1 # text = The mouse is magic 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the mouse | magic | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It isn't funny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself:t17:o4:1 # text = It isn't funny 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | It | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | **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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