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title: The king's dochter wis tied doon, right? By whit? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: The king's dochter wis tied doon, right? By whit? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king's dochter wis tied doon, right? By whit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** tie

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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/260-pg14241-part27/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The king's dochter wis tied doon, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:1
# text = The king's dochter wis tied doon, right?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dochter	docht	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	wis	wi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	doon	doon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* By whit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:2
# text = By whit?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her wrists, tied tae a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:o1:1
# text = Her wrists, tied tae a tree
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wrists	wrist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | Her wrists |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her hands, bound wi a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:o2:1
# text = Her hands, bound wi a rope
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	wi	wi	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle · passive |  | Her hands |  |  |  | wi a rope | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her hair, staked tae the grund by the dragon's cruel men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:o3:1
# text = Her hair, staked tae the grund by the dragon's cruel men
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	staked	stake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grund	grund	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stake** | participle | Her hair |  |  |  |  | tae the grund; by the dragon's cruel men | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her hair, staked tae the grund

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t11:o4:1
# text = Her hair, staked tae the grund
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	staked	stake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grund	grund	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stake** | participle | Her hair |  |  |  |  | tae the grund | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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