--- title: Whit did the washerwife's dochter dae wi the knight's claes? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the washerwife's dochter dae wi the knight's claes? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/238-pg14241-part5/t9/) [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/) / [Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Bla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/238-pg14241-part5/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, The Black Bull of Norroway,… Whit did the washerwife's dochter dae wi the knight's claes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** dochter This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t9:1 # text = Whit did the washerwife's dochter dae wi the knight's claes? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 washerwife washerwife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 dochter dochter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 dae dae X FW Foreign=Yes 6 dep _ _ 8 wi wi ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 claes clae NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | the washerwife's dochter | | | | wi the knight's claes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dochter=Eventuality | 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} Tried tae wash the blood oot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t9:o1:1 # text = Tried tae wash the blood oot 1 Tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 mark _ _ 3 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | participle | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **wash** *not said to happen* | infinitive | | the blood oot | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oot=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Tried tae wash the blood oot o' them but couldnae get it tae shift ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t9:o2:1 # text = Tried tae wash the blood oot o' them but couldnae get it tae shift 1 Tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 mark _ _ 3 wash wash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 o o NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 couldnae couldnae PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 15 compound _ _ 15 shift shift NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **wash** | imperative | | the blood oot o | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent o=Beneficiary they=Patient | | 3 | **get** | infinitive | | o | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary shift=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stood there scrubbin awa at the claes but the blood wouldnae come oot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t9:o3:1 # text = Stood there scrubbin awa at the claes but the blood wouldnae come oot 1 Stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 3 scrubbin scrubbin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 awa awa NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 claes clae NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 wouldnae wouldnae X FW Foreign=Yes 10 dep _ _ 12 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 13 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | | scrubbin awa | | the claes the blood; there | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent awa=Theme at clae=Destination | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | oot | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location oot=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Tried tae dry them oot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:238-pg14241-part5:t9:o4:1 # text = Tried tae dry them oot 1 Tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 3 mark _ _ 3 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 oot oot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **dry** *not said to happen* | infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | **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; 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