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title: How'd Finnian force his way in, like? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M… · tree and pragmatics
description: How'd Finnian force his way in, like? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1033 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1: Finnian forces his way into a pagan lord's house and wins him over» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 10 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:…

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How'd Finnian force his way in, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1033 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1: Finnian forces his way into a pagan lord's house and wins him over» 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/1033-pg2892-part1/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t10:1
# text = How'd Finnian force his way in, like?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Finnian	finnian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By starving himself outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t10:o1:1
# text = By starving himself outside
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | outside *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By lying on the cold ground outside and starving himself for days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t10:o2:1
# text = By lying on the cold ground outside and starving himself for days
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the cold ground |  | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location |
| 2 | **starve** | gerund |  | himself *= he* |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By sitting out the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t10:o3:1
# text = By sitting out the night
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit out** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By refusing food outside the door until the lord gave in, like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t10:o4:1
# text = By refusing food outside the door until the lord gave in, like
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  | outside the door | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **give in** | past | the lord |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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