--- title: Whit did the princess say when the boy tried tae untie her? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the princess say when the boy tried tae untie her? Test 12 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/t12/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/260-pg14241-part27/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal… Whit did the princess say when the boy tried tae untie her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, princess, boy · **What happens:** do, say, try, untie · **To what, where:** princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t12:1 # text = Whit did the princess say when the boy tried tae untie her? 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 tae tae X FW Foreign=Yes 11 mark _ _ 11 untie untie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Whit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **try** | past | the boy | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **untie** *not said to happen* | infinitive | the boy *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | 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} My hour is come, leave now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t12:o1:1 # text = My hour is come, leave now 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · passive | | My hour | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} My time is up, go away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t12:o2:1 # text = My time is up, go away 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 up up ADV RB _ 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | up *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go away** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Leave me ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t12:o3:1 # text = Leave me 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "My time has come, go away" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t12:o4:1 # text = "My time has come, go away" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | My time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go away** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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