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title: Whit did the Etin's cry mean, Jenny, when it said it smelt an earthl… — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the Etin's cry mean, Jenny, when it said it smelt an earthly man? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Whit did the Etin's cry mean, Jenny, when it said it smelt an earthly man?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, cry, Etin · **What happens:** do, mean, say, smelt, cry · **To what, where:** cry, earthly man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» 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/1503-pg503-part90/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t11:1
# text = Whit did the Etin's cry mean, Jenny, when it said it smelt an earthly man?
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	Etin	Etin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cry	cry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Jenny	Jenny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	smelt	smelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	earthly	earthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the Etin's cry |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the Etin's cry *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Whit |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **smelt** | past | Whit | a earthly man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cry** |  | the Etin |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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It could smell a living human being nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t11:o1:1
# text = It could smell a living human being nearby
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | could | It | a living human |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer human=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | nearby *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It could smell a real living human in the room with it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t11:o2:1
# text = It could smell a real living human in the room with it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
6	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | could | It | a real living human room |  |  |  | with room | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It smelt a dead auld man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t11:o3:1
# text = It smelt a dead auld man
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelt	smelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	auld	auld	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smelt** | past | It | a dead auld man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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It could smell a living human

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t11:o4:1
# text = It could smell a living human
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	smell	smell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | could | It | a living |  |  |  | human *property* | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer living=Stimulus |

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