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title: How did the fairy child feel about her burnt foot? — Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball,… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the fairy child feel about her burnt foot? Test 8 · ★ 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 co
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# Test 8 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

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How did the fairy child feel about her burnt foot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy child · **What happens:** feel

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t8:1
# text = How did the fairy child feel about her burnt foot?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past · do-support | the fairy child |  |  |  |  | about child's burnt foot | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about foot=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 {#o1}

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she was gutted, she wailed and squealed the whole night through the fairy hill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t8:o1:1
# text = she was gutted, she wailed and squealed the whole night through the fairy hill
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wailed	wail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	squealed	squeal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **wail** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **squeal** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the fairy hill | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hill=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she sulked in the corner all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t8:o2:1
# text = she sulked in the corner all night
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sulked	sulk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sulk** | past | she |  |  | the corner | night |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she was gutted and squealed the house down and everyone in the glen heard her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t8:o3:1
# text = she was gutted and squealed the house down and everyone in the glen heard her
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	squealed	squeal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	14	nsubj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **squeal down** | past |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | past | everyone | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she was gutted and squealed the house down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:t8:o4:1
# text = she was gutted and squealed the house down
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	squealed	squeal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **squeal down** | past |  | the house |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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