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title: What came along the road on the third day? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What came along the road on the third day? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» of the books course of
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# Test 12 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

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What came along the road on the third day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** come · **To what, where:** road

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» 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/237-pg14241-part4/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t12:1
# text = What came along the road on the third day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  | the road | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along road=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a coach-and-six, mate, dead fancy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t12:o1:1
# text = a coach-and-six, mate, dead fancy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a hay cart pulled by two oxen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t12:o2:1
# text = a hay cart pulled by two oxen
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | a hay cart *not said here* |  |  |  | by two oxen | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pair of riders on dark steeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t12:o3:1
# text = a pair of riders on dark steeds
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	steeds	steed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a cart, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t12:o4:1
# text = a cart, mate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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