--- title: Wis there any curse, or was it just sweet? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull o… · tree and pragmatics description: Wis there any curse, or was it just sweet? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1502-pg503-part89/t13/) [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/) / [Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1502-pg503-part89/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady… Wis there any curse, or was it just sweet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** curse · **What happens:** be This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1502 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the lady's wanderings and the Red Etin's beginning: the lady wins the knight back and the Red Etin's tale starts» 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/1502-pg503-part89/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t13:1 # text = Wis there any curse, or was it just sweet? 1 Wis Wis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | curse | | | | | sweet *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The mither gave a curse wi' the cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t13:o1:1 # text = The mither gave a curse wi' the cake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mither mither NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the mither | a curse wi and the cake | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wi=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The widow gave a kiss wi' the bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t13:o2:1 # text = The widow gave a kiss wi' the bread 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the widow | a kiss wi and the bread | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wi=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The bairn gave a laugh at the cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t13:o3:1 # text = The bairn gave a laugh at the cake 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bairn bairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the bairn | a laugh | | the cake | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent laugh=Theme at cake=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mither gave a curse wi' the cake and the bairns turned tae stane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1502-pg503-part89:t13:o4:1 # text = The mither gave a curse wi' the cake and the bairns turned tae stane 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mither mither NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 wi wi NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bairns bairn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 15 mark _ _ 15 stane stane VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the mither | a curse wi and the cake | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wi=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | past | the bairns | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stane** | infinitive | the bairns *not said here* | | | | | | 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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