--- title: Does Childe Rowland just chat tae the herds? — English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Does Childe Rowland just chat tae the herds? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1960-pg7439-part19/t10/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1960-pg7439-part19/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tr… Does Childe Rowland just chat tae the herds? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Childe · **What happens:** chat This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1960 «English Fairy Tales, Childe Rowland, part 19: Foxy-woxy tricks the chicken-crew into his cave, and Childe Rowland enters the Dark Tower of Elfland» 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/1960-pg7439-part19/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t10:1 # text = Does Childe Rowland just chat tae the herds? 1 Does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 Childe Childe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 Rowland Rowland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 chat chat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 tae tae ADP IN Foreign=Yes 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Childe | | | | | tae the herds | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Aye, he chats first, then chops their heads off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t10:o1:1 # text = Aye, he chats first, then chops their heads off 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chats chat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 chops chop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 off off ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chat** *speech: other* | present | he | | | | | first *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **chop off** | present | he *not said here* | their heads | | | then | off *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Naw, he chops their heads off with the brand at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t10:o2:1 # text = Naw, he chops their heads off with the brand at once 1 Naw Naw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chops chop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | present | Naw | their heads | | | | with the brand; off *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Patient with brand=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} Aye, he has a wee chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t10:o3:1 # text = Aye, he has a wee chat 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | he | a wee chat | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Naw, he chops their heads off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1960-pg7439-part19:t10:o4:1 # text = Naw, he chops their heads off 1 Naw Naw PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 chops chop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 off off ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop off** | present | Naw | their heads | | | | off *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | **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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