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title: What did the lass keep yelling about on the scaffold? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the lass keep yelling about on the scaffold? Test 3 · ★ 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
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# Test 3 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did the lass keep yelling about on the scaffold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lass · **What happens:** do, keep, yell · **To what, where:** scaffold

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t3:1
# text = What did the lass keep yelling about on the scaffold?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	lass	las	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scaffold	scaffold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | the lass |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | the lass *not said here* |  |  | the scaffold |  | about *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her mum and dad and loads of family coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t3:o1:1
# text = her mum and dad and loads of family coming
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | family *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her mum and dad and loads of family and her sweetheart coming to save her from the rope

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t3:o2:1
# text = her mum and dad and loads of family and her sweetheart coming to save her from the rope
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  | the rope |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from rope=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her mum and dad and all her aunties and uncles coming down the road soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t3:o3:1
# text = her mum and dad and all her aunties and uncles coming down the road soon
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	aunties	auntie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	uncles	uncle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | gerund | her aunties and uncles *not said here* | the road |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location road=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her gran and her cousins to save her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t3:o4:1
# text = her gran and her cousins to save her
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | her gran and her cousins | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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