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title: Whit did the Etin do tae the first lad, hen, when he couldnae answer? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the Etin do tae the first lad, hen, when he couldnae answer? Test 6 · ★ 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 tree a
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# Test 6 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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Whit did the Etin do tae the first lad, hen, when he couldnae answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit, Etin · **What happens:** tae, couldnae, answer · **To what, where:** first lad

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t6:1
# text = Whit did the Etin do tae the first lad, hen, when he couldnae answer?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Etin	Etin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	tae	tae	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	couldnae	couldnae	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tae** | past · do-support | Whit | the first lad and hen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **couldnae** | past | Etin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Etin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Killed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t6:o1:1
# text = Killed him
1	Killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Locked him in a dungeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t6:o2:1
# text = Locked him in a dungeon
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past |  | him *= he* |  | a dungeon |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Turned him tae dust

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t6:o3:1
# text = Turned him tae dust
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	compound	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme dust=Result |

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

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Turned him intae stane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:t6:o4:1
# text = Turned him intae stane
1	Turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	intae	intae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	dep	_	_
4	stane	stane	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stane** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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