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title: Did she sit still on the stane like she was telt? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did she sit still on the stane like she was telt? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 6 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,…

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Did she sit still on the stane like she was telt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** sit, telt · **To what, where:** stane, she

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 238 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway, the youngest sister rides off on the Black Bull and wins back her knight» 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/238-pg14241-part5/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t6:1
# text = Did she sit still on the stane like she was telt?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stane	stane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	telt	telt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · do-support | she |  |  | the stane | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stane=Location |
| 2 | **telt** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Naw, she stood up and got off the stane and went roon the glen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t6:o1:1
# text = Naw, she stood up and got off the stane and went roon the glen
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stane	stane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	roon	roon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | past | Naw |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get off** | past | Naw *not said here* | the stane |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stane=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go** | past | Naw *not said here* | roon |  |  |  | the glen *obl* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location roon=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Naw, she stood up and walked aboot the whole glen tae see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t6:o2:1
# text = Naw, she stood up and walked aboot the whole glen tae see
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	aboot	aboot	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | past | Naw |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | past | Naw *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aboot the whole glen | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | Naw *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, she crossed her feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t6:o3:1
# text = Naw, she crossed her feet
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past | Naw | Naw's feet |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Aye, she stayed on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t6:o4:1
# text = Aye, she stayed on it
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | she |  |  | it |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |

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