--- title: Sound, what did the lord do when a servant wanted to chuck a spear? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M… · tree and pragmatics description: Sound, what did the lord do when a servant wanted to chuck a spear? Test 4 · ★ 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 prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1033-pg2892-part1/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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1033-pg2892-part1/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:… Sound, what did the lord do when a servant wanted to chuck a spear? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sound, servant · **What happens:** do, want, chuck · **To what, where:** lord, spear This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t4:1 # text = Sound, what did the lord do when a servant wanted to chuck a spear? 1 Sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Sound | the lord | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Eventuality | | 2 | **do** | present | Sound | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** | past | a servant | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **chuck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a servant *not said here* | a spear | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | 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 {#o1} He grabbed the spear and cuffed him hard across the face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t4:o1:1 # text = He grabbed the spear and cuffed him hard across the face 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 cuffed cuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | past | He | the spear | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 2 | **cuff** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | the face | | hard *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sent him away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t4:o2:1 # text = He sent him away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send away** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He cuffed him hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t4:o3:1 # text = He cuffed him hard 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cuffed cuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuff** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | hard *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He cuffed him one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:t4:o4:1 # text = He cuffed him one 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cuffed cuff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuff** | past | He | him *= he* | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent he=Patient one=Result | **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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