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title: Whit did the sea-maiden dae tae the herd? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did the sea-maiden dae tae the herd? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t…

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Whit did the sea-maiden dae tae the herd?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» 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/2008-pg7885-part27/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t10:1
# text = Whit did the sea-maiden dae tae the herd?
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	6	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
7	dae	dae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
8	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit |  |  |  |  | tae the herd | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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chased him tae the caves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t10:o1:1
# text = chased him tae the caves
1	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	caves	cave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tae the caves | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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took him doon tae the bottom o the loch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t10:o2:1
# text = took him doon tae the bottom o the loch
1	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	doon	doon	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tae the bottom; of the loch; doon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme of loch=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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took him tae the loch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t10:o3:1
# text = took him tae the loch
1	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loch	loch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | tae the loch | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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pulled him doon the burn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t10:o4:1
# text = pulled him doon the burn
1	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	doon	doon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	burn	burn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | doon the burn | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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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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