--- title: Whit did the Thief dae wi the bundle, then? — Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the Thief dae wi the bundle, then? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1517-pg540-part14/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1517-pg540-part14/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of the Glen,… Whit did the Thief dae wi the bundle, then? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Thief This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t8:1 # text = Whit did the Thief dae wi the bundle, then? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Thief Thief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 4 dep _ _ 6 wi wi ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the Thief | | | then | wi the bundle | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Eventuality | 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} Left it by the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t8:o1:1 # text = Left it by the door 1 Left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | | it | | | | by the door | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by door=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Left it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t8:o2:1 # text = Left it 1 Left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Took it fer himsel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t8:o3:1 # text = Took it fer himsel 1 Took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fer f ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 himsel himsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme himsel=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Gied it back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1517-pg540-part14:t8:o4:1 # text = Gied it back 1 Gied gi VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gi back** | past | | it | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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