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title: Pure mental, whit did the prince dae tae get up the tree? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daught… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pure mental, whit did the prince dae tae get up the tree? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pure mental, whit did the prince dae tae get up the tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mental whit · **What happens:** do, get up · **To what, where:** prince, tree

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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/1322-pg3454-part47/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t5:1
# text = Pure mental, whit did the prince dae tae get up the tree?
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	dae	dae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
9	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	mark	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | mental whit | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get up** | infinitive | mental whit *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=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 {#o1}

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climbed wi his knees like a sailor, gripping the trunk the whole way up

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t5:o1:1
# text = climbed wi his knees like a sailor, gripping the trunk the whole way up
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wi	wi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gripping	grip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	csubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past |  | his knees |  |  |  | like a sailor; the whole way *obl* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location knee=Theme |
| 2 | **grip** | gerund |  | the trunk |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
heaved himself up wi a rope ladder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t5:o2:1
# text = heaved himself up wi a rope ladder
1	heaved	heave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heave up** | past |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | wi a rope ladder | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
climbed wi his knees like a sailor that he saw on the harbour at the coast

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t5:o3:1
# text = climbed wi his knees like a sailor that he saw on the harbour at the coast
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wi	wi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past |  | his knees |  |  |  | like a sailor | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location knee=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | he |  |  | the harbour |  | at the coast | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
climbed wi his knees like a sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1322-pg3454-part47:t5:o4:1
# text = climbed wi his knees like a sailor
1	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	wi	wi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past |  | his knees |  |  |  | like a sailor | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location knee=Theme |

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