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title: Whit did the robbers yell when they got hame? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the robbers yell when they got hame? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is…

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Whit did the robbers yell when they got hame?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, robbers · **What happens:** do, yell, get · **To what, where:** hame · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1302 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son, part 27: Ian is killed and revived by the deer, then the birds carry him under the sea» 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/1302-pg3454-part27/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t12:1
# text = Whit did the robbers yell when they got hame?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	yell	yell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	hame	hame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | the robbers |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** | past | robbers *= robber* | hame |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hame=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Some wee gadgie's eaten aw oor dinner an' the bread tae

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t12:o1:1
# text = Some wee gadgie's eaten aw oor dinner an' the bread tae
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gadgie	gadgie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
6	aw	aw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	oor	oor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Somebody's eaten oor dinner an' that wee lad is hidin' somewhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t12:o2:1
# text = Somebody's eaten oor dinner an' that wee lad is hidin' somewhere
1	Somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	oor	oor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
9	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	hidin	hidin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle | Somebody | oor dinner |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | 's lad hidin | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The laddie's run awa wi' it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t12:o3:1
# text = The laddie's run awa wi' it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	laddie	laddie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	awa	awa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone's eaten oor dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1302-pg3454-part27:t12:o4:1
# text = Someone's eaten oor dinner
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
4	oor	oor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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