Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the pri…

Pure mental, whit did the prince dae tae get up the tree?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mental whit · What happens: do, get up · To what, where: prince, tree

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1322 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Daughter, part 47: the prince and the giant's daughter escape on the blue-grey mare» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mental	amod
2	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 whit	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mental	punct
4	whit	whit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
8	dae	dae	X	Foreign=Yes	7 prince	dep
9	tae	tae	X	Foreign=Yes	10 get	mark
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 did	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 get	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	mental whit	the prince					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	get up	infinitive	mental whit not said here	the tree					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=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

Option 1

climbed wi his knees like a sailor, gripping the trunk the whole way up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wi	wi	X	Foreign=Yes	1 climbed	dep
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knees	nmod:poss
4	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 climbed	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 sailor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sailor	det
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 climbed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gripping	punct
9	gripping	grip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 way	csubj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trunk	det
11	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gripping	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 way	amod
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 climbed	obl
15	up	up	ADV	_	14 way	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past		his knees				like a sailor; the whole way obl	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location knee=Theme
2	grip	gerund		the trunk					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trunk=Experiencer

Option 2

heaved himself up wi a rope ladder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	heaved	heave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 heaved	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 heaved	compound:prt
4	wi	wi	ADP	_	7 ladder	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ladder	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ladder	compound
7	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heaved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heave up	past		himself = he				wi a rope ladder	vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 3

climbed wi his knees like a sailor that he saw on the harbour at the coast

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wi	wi	X	Foreign=Yes	1 climbed	dep
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knees	nmod:poss
4	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 climbed	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 sailor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sailor	det
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 climbed	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 saw	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 climbed	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 harbour	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 harbour	det
13	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 coast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coast	det
16	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past		his knees				like a sailor	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location knee=Theme
2	see	past	he			the harbour		at the coast	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

climbed wi his knees like a sailor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	wi	wi	X	Foreign=Yes	1 climbed	dep
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 knees	nmod:poss
4	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 climbed	obj
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 sailor	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sailor	det
7	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past		his knees				like a sailor	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location knee=Theme

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