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title: Did the mill-dam an the brooklet actually help the lassie, or no? — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the mill-dam an the brooklet actually help the lassie, or no? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 9 · ★ · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

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Did the mill-dam an the brooklet actually help the lassie, or no?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, help · **To what, where:** mill dam, lassie

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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/259-pg14241-part26/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t9:1
# text = Did the mill-dam an the brooklet actually help the lassie, or no?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dam	dam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brooklet	brooklet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lassie	lassie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the mill dam |  |  |  | a brooklet *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dam=Eventuality |
| 2 | **help** | present |  | the lassie |  |  |  | no *obl*; actually *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lassie=Beneficiary |

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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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Naw, they just laughed at her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t9:o1:1
# text = Naw, they just laughed at her
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | Naw |  |  |  |  | at her *= she* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Naw, the mill-dam drowned the lassie in the cold flood, an the brooklet carried her body awa tae the sea and aw the Elves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t9:o2:1
# text = Naw, the mill-dam drowned the lassie in the cold flood, an the brooklet carried her body awa tae the sea and aw the Elves
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dam	dam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lassie	lassie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	brooklet	brooklet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	awa	awa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	aw	aw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	Elves	Elf	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | Naw | the lassie |  | the cold flood |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lassie=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | past | a brooklet | brooklet's body awa |  |  |  | tae the sea | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awa=Theme |
| 3 | **aw** | past | Naw *not said here* | the Elves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Naw, they just gied her a drink an sent her hame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t9:o3:1
# text = Naw, they just gied her a drink an sent her hame
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gied	gi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hame	hame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gi** | past | they | Naw |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | past |  | Naw's hame |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hame=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Naw, they just sent her aff to look aboot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:t9:o4:1
# text = Naw, they just sent her aff to look aboot
1	Naw	Naw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	aff	aff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	aboot	aboot	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | they | aff | Naw |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination aff=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aboot *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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