Test 6 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three sil…

Why'd the old mum and dad end up crying in the stable, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old mum · What happens: end up, cry · To what, where: stable

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1334 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Believing Husbands: three silly husbands are tricked by clever wives, and one of them runs naked to a burial» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 end	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 end	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mum	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mum	amod
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dad	cc
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	conj
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 end	compound:prt
10	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 end	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 stable	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stable	det
13	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crying	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 end	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 end	advmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	would	the old mum and dad				then		tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	the old mum and dad not said here			the stable			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stable=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the girl was sobbing in the stable, thinking the saddle was going to drop on her and finish her off.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 sobbing	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sobbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sobbing	aux
5	sobbing	sob	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 stable	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stable	det
8	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sobbing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thinking	punct
10	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 going	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 saddle	det
12	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 going	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 going	aux
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sobbing	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 drop	mark
16	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 going	xcomp
17	on	on	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 drop	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 finish	cc
20	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 drop	conj
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 finish	obj
22	off	off	ADP	_	20 finish	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sobbing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sob	past · progressive	the girl		in the stable	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in stable=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	the saddle not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	past · progressive	the saddle			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	drop	to-infinitive	the saddle not said here		on girl	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on she=Trajectory
5	finish off	infinitive	the saddle not said here	girl		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality she=Eventuality

Option 2

Cos the girl was scared of the mare in the stable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 scared	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mare	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mare	det
8	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 stable	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stable	det
11	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mare	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the girl					of the mare in the stable; scared property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cos the girl was scared the saddle would fall on her and do her in

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 scared	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 scared	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fall	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saddle	det
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fall	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fall	aux
9	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fall	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 do	cc
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fall	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	13 do	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the girl		scared property	tree rules
2	fall	would	the saddle		on girl	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on she=Location
3	do in	infinitive	the saddle not said here	girl		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality

Option 4

Cos the girl was sat there scared the saddle would fall on her and do her in, the daft thing.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 girl	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	aux:pass
5	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 girl	acl
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sat	advmod
7	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 saddle	det
9	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fall	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 fall	aux
11	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 scared	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fall	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 do	cc
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fall	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	15 do	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thing	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 thing	det
20	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 thing	amod
21	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 do	parataxis
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	past · passive		the girl not said here	there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»
2	scare	past				cos the girl	tree rules
3	fall	would	the saddle			on girl	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on she=Location
4	do in	infinitive	the saddle not said here	girl			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality

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