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title: Whit's the wee lesson fae the tale, bruv? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit's the wee lesson fae the tale, bruv? Test 10 · ★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whit's the wee lesson fae the tale, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, wee lesson · **What happens:** be, fae · **To what, where:** wee lesson, tale

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t10:1
# text = Whit's the wee lesson fae the tale, bruv?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fae	fae	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Whit | the wee lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fae** | past | the wee lesson | the tale and bruv |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ye cannae rely on pure luck, an' the bishop's men will always catch a thief in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t10:o1:1
# text = Ye cannae rely on pure luck, an' the bishop's men will always catch a thief in the end
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	cannae	cannae	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rely	rely	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** |  | Ye |  |  |  |  | on pure luck | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on luck=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | future | the bishop's men | a thief |  |  | in the end | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ye cannae rely on pure luck, so aye be ready fer the worst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t10:o2:1
# text = Ye cannae rely on pure luck, so aye be ready fer the worst
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	cannae	cannae	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rely	rely	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	aye	aye	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
12	fer	f	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** |  | Ye |  |  |  |  | on pure luck | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on luck=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | Ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aye, bad, f, ready *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ye cannae rely on pure luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t10:o3:1
# text = Ye cannae rely on pure luck
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	cannae	cannae	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rely	rely	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** |  | Ye |  |  |  |  | on pure luck | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on luck=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Greed always gets punished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t10:o4:1
# text = Greed always gets punished
1	Greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
3	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | present · passive |  | Greed *not said here* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |

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