--- title: Whit did the mammy shout when she saw the yarn? — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro… · tree and pragmatics description: Whit did the mammy shout when she saw the yarn? Test 4 · ★ 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 ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/262-pg14241-part29/t4/) [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/) / [Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/262-pg14241-part29/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins… Whit did the mammy shout when she saw the yarn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Whit, mammy · **What happens:** shout, see · **To what, where:** yarn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t4:1 # text = Whit did the mammy shout when she saw the yarn? 1 Whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 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 mammy mammy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 yarn yarn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Whit | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past | mammy | the yarn | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yarn=Stimulus | 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} Seven, seven, seven rhyme, sing it again and again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t4:o1:1 # text = Seven, seven, seven rhyme, sing it again and again 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rhyme rhyme VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rhyme** | present | seven | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | seven *not said here* | it | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Seven, seven, seven rhyme ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t4:o2:1 # text = Seven, seven, seven rhyme 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ _ 6 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nine, nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t4:o3:1 # text = Nine, nine 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Seven! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:t4:o4:1 # text = Seven! 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! 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