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title: Whit did Habetrot dae at the wedding? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whit did Habetrot dae at the wedding? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 10 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

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Whit did Habetrot dae at the wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Habetrot, wedding

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» 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/262-pg14241-part29/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t10:1
# text = Whit did Habetrot dae at the wedding?
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	Habetrot	Habetrot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	dae	dae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	3	dep	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Whit | Habetrot |  | the wedding |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent habetrot=Eventuality |

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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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Sat in the corner and sang a long sad ditty, cursing the wheel and the bride

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t10:o1:1
# text = Sat in the corner and sang a long sad ditty, cursing the wheel and the bride
1	Sat	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ditty	ditty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	cursing	curse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Sat in the corner | a long sad ditty |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ditty=Theme |
| 2 | **curse** | gerund | Sat in the corner *not said here* | the wheel and the bride |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sang a ditty, dancing, and spun the yarn too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t10:o2:1
# text = Sang a ditty, dancing, and spun the yarn too
1	Sang	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ditty	ditty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	yarn	yarn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a ditty and dancing |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ditty=Theme |
| 2 | **spin** | past |  | the yarn |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent yarn=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spun the wedding flax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t10:o3:1
# text = Spun the wedding flax
1	Spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past |  | the wedding flax |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme |

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

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Sang a ditty, dancing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t10:o4:1
# text = Sang a ditty, dancing
1	Sang	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ditty	ditty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | a ditty and dancing |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ditty=Theme |

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