--- title: Whit did the princess say she wisnae gonnae dae till she saw him? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the princess say she wisnae gonnae dae till she saw him? Test 13 · ★ 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 o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2008-pg7885-part27/t13/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2008-pg7885-part27/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t… Whit did the princess say she wisnae gonnae dae till she saw him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, princess · **What happens:** do, say, see · **To what, where:** wisnae, Whit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t13:1 # text = Whit did the princess say she wisnae gonnae dae till she saw him? 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wisnae wisnae X FW Foreign=Yes 5 obj _ _ 8 gonnae gonnae X FW Foreign=Yes 7 flat:foreign _ _ 9 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 7 flat:foreign _ _ 10 till till SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the princess | wisnae | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wisnae=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | princess | Whit | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} leave the shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t13:o1:1 # text = leave the shore 1 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shore | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shore=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} wait for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t13:o2:1 # text = wait for him 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for him *= he* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t13:o3:1 # text = stop 1 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} play on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t13:o4:1 # text = play on 1 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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