Test 10 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…

Init, what did the witch say she'd do if he came back?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Init, witch · What happens: do, say, come back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Init	Init	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Init	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 witch	det
6	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
9	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 say	ccomp
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 came	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 do	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past	Init	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the witch	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	would	witch	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come back a condition, not said to happen	past	Init	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She'd turn him into a bird or a beast and keep him locked in the hut for ever

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 bird	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 beast	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beast	det
10	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bird	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 keep	cc
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keep	obj
14	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 keep	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hut	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hut	det
17	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 locked	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 ever	case
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	would	She	him = he		into a bird or a beast result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result
2	keep	infinitive	She not said here	him = he			tree rules
3	lock	participle	him = he not said here		the hut		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

She'd turn him into a bird and then feed him to the goat for supper every night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 turn	aux
3	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turn	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 bird	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bird	det
7	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turn	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feed	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 feed	advmod
10	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turn	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feed	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 goat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 goat	det
14	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feed	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 supper	case
16	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 goat	nmod
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	She	him = he				into a bird result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result
2	feed	infinitive	She not said here	bird	the goat for supper		then; night		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to goat=Recipient

Option 3

Turn him into a bird if he dared return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Turn	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 bird	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bird	det
5	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turn	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 dared	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dared	nsubj
8	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	advcl
9	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	imperative	you not said here	him = he				into a bird result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result
2	dare a condition, not said to happen	past	bird	return					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Mutter that she'd not let him escape again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mutter	mutter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 let	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 let	advmod
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mutter	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 escape	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not let	would	she	him = he		tree rules
3	escape	infinitive	him = he not said here		again	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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