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title: Aw, the poor calf! Whit did he say tae the boy? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aw, the poor calf! Whit did he say tae the boy? Test 7 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aw, the poor calf! Whit did he say tae the boy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** tae · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Aw, the poor calf!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:1
# text = Aw, the poor calf!
1	Aw	Aw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Whit did he say tae the boy?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:2
# text = Whit did he say tae the boy?
1	Whit	whit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Whit | tae |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent tae=Theme boy=Manner |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Climb that tree the noo and dinnae come doon till the dragon's gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:o1:1
# text = Climb that tree the noo and dinnae come doon till the dragon's gone
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	noo	noo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	dinnae	dinnae	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	doon	doon	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | that tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | dinnae |  |  |  |  | doon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the dragon |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Climb that tree and dinnae come doon"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:o2:1
# text = "Climb that tree and dinnae come doon"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	dinnae	dinnae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	dep	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	doon	doon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | that tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | doon |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doon=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Climb the tree an' bide up there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:o3:1
# text = Climb the tree an' bide up there
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bide	bide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **bide up** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ye should've stayed at hame an' never cam tae the wild-wood wi me

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:t7:o4:1
# text = Ye should've stayed at hame an' never cam tae the wild-wood wi me
1	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	've	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hame	hame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	cam	cam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	tae	tae	ADP	IN	Foreign=Yes	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | should · perfect | Ye | a cam |  | hame |  | tae the wood wi; me *obl* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hame=Location |

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