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title: Whit wis the black man in the vault reely? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit wis the black man in the vault reely? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,…

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Whit wis the black man in the vault reely?

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

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t7:1
# text = Whit wis the black man in the vault reely?
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	5	det	_	_
4	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	reely	reely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	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 black man |  | the vault |  | reely *property* | 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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A clergyman, no the bishop, wha'd come tae rob the grave first

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t7:o1:1
# text = A clergyman, no the bishop, wha'd come tae rob the grave first
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clergyman	clergyman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wha	wha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	mark	_	_
12	rob	rob	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | would | a clergyman |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rob** | infinitive | a clergyman *not said here* | the grave |  |  |  | first *property* | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A monk fae the abbey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t7:o2:1
# text = A monk fae the abbey
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fae	fae	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	abbey	abbey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fae** | past | a monk | the abbey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A clergyman, no the bishop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t7:o3:1
# text = A clergyman, no the bishop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clergyman	clergyman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just a dead beggar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t7:o4:1
# text = Just a dead beggar
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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