--- title: Like, were the lord's crew keeping watch on the saint? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M… · tree and pragmatics description: Like, were the lord's crew keeping watch on the saint? Test 2 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1033-pg2892-part1/t2/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1033-pg2892-part1/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:… Like, were the lord's crew keeping watch on the saint? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crew · **What happens:** be, keep · **To what, where:** crew, watch, saint This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t2:1 # text = Like, were the lord's crew keeping watch on the saint? 1 Like like INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 9 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 saint saint NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the lord's crew | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | gerund | the lord's crew *not said here* | watch | | the saint | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme on saint=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They crept about the halls and peeped through every crack in the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t2:o1:1 # text = They crept about the halls and peeped through every crack in the wall 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 peeped peep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 crack crack NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | They | | | every crack | | about the halls; in the wall | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about hall=Trajectory | | 2 | **peep** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They peeped through the spy-holes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t2:o2:1 # text = They peeped through the spy-holes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peep** | past | They | | | | | through the spy holes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They guarded the great door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t2:o3:1 # text = They guarded the great door 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guarded guard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guard** | past | They | the great door | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} They watched him from the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t2:o4:1 # text = They watched him from the wall 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | They | him *= he* | | the wall | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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. 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