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title: Whit wis the knight's big plan fer the lads? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit wis the knight's big plan fer the lads? Test 3 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whit wis the knight's big plan fer the lads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** wi · **To what, where:** big plan fer

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t3:1
# text = Whit wis the knight's big plan fer the lads?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wis	wi	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fer	fer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wi** | present | Whit | the knight's big plan fer |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let them go, but first mak them pay for the gold they stole fae the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t3:o1:1
# text = Let them go, but first mak them pay for the gold they stole fae the palace
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	mak	mak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	fae	fae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	17	dep	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pay** | present |  | first mak |  |  |  | for the gold; the palace *obl* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for gold=Theme |
| 4 | **steal** | past | they | the gold *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Boil them, one efter the other, startin wi the eldest in the pot

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t3:o2:1
# text = Boil them, one efter the other, startin wi the eldest in the pot
1	Boil	boil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	efter	efter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	startin	startin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	1	parataxis	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | one efter and startin *obl* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Boil them, one efter the other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t3:o3:1
# text = Boil them, one efter the other
1	Boil	boil	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	efter	efter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | one efter *obl* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Haud them in the cells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t3:o4:1
# text = Haud them in the cells
1	Haud	Haud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	flat	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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