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title: Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 1 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ye, wee steed · **What happens:** reckon, quiet

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1517 «Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen, part 14: the thieves are caught, and the Black Thief tells two tales to save his neck» 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/1517-pg540-part14/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t1:1
# text = Ye reckon the knight's wee steed wis dead quiet, eh?
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	wis	wis	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **quiet** |  | wee steed |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Naw, it neighed like mad an' shook the bells so the whole palace woke up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t1:o1:1
# text = Naw, it neighed like mad an' shook the bells so the whole palace woke up
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	neighed	neigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neigh** | past | Naw |  |  |  |  | like mad | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | past | Naw *not said here* | an |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bell=Patient |
| 3 | **wake up** | past | the whole palace |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, it stood still an' didnae move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t1:o2:1
# text = Naw, it stood still an' didnae move
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
8	didnae	didnae	X	FW	_	9	compound	_	_
9	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | Naw | a didnae move |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, it neighed like mad and shook the bells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t1:o3:1
# text = Naw, it neighed like mad and shook the bells
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	neighed	neigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neigh** | past | Naw |  |  |  |  | like mad | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | past | Naw *not said here* | the bells |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bell=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, it cried a wee bit an' stopped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t1:o4:1
# text = Aye, it cried a wee bit an' stopped
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | it | a wee bit |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stop** | participle · passive | a wee bit *not said here* | an |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

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