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title: Where did the flax go aff tae? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did the flax go aff tae? Test 14 · ★ 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; Mova'
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# Test 14 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

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Where did the flax go aff tae?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** flax · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** aff

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t14:1
# text = Where did the flax go aff tae?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	aff	aff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the flax | aff |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location aff=Theme |

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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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Tae the wee glen, aye, and there it was spun in the cave by her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t14:o1:1
# text = Tae the wee glen, aye, and there it was spun in the cave by her
1	Tae	Tae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	12	expl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past · passive | Tae | glen |  | the cave; there |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tae Habetrot, to spin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t14:o2:1
# text = Tae Habetrot, to spin
1	Tae	Tae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Habetrot	Habetrot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	spin	spin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tae the cave in the hill where Habetrot sits and spins the flax wi' her kin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t14:o3:1
# text = Tae the cave in the hill where Habetrot sits and spins the flax wi' her kin
1	Tae	Tae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	Habetrot	Habetrot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wi	wi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | the Tae cave |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hill=Location |
| 2 | **spin** | present | the Tae cave *not said here* | the flax wi |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent wi=Theme kin=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tae the laird's hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t14:o4:1
# text = Tae the laird's hall
1	Tae	Tae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	laird	laird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

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