--- title: Bruv, whit was the black dog daein? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, whit was the black dog daein? Test 4 · ★ 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 each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2008-pg7885-part27/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t… Bruv, whit was the black dog daein? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bruv whit · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** black dog daein This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t4:1 # text = Bruv, whit was the black dog daein? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 daein daein NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv whit | the black dog daein | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} helping fight the beast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t4:o1:1 # text = helping fight the beast 1 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | gerund | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **fight** | infinitive | | the beast | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beast=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} biting the General ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t4:o2:1 # text = biting the General 1 biting bite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | gerund | | the General | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent general=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} guarding the horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t4:o3:1 # text = guarding the horse 1 guarding guard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | gerund | | | the horse | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} chasing the rabbits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:t4:o4:1 # text = chasing the rabbits 1 chasing chase VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | gerund | | the rabbits | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme | **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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