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title: What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag? — Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 12 · ★ · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

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What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolves · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» 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/1035-pg2892-part3/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t12:1
# text = What did the wolves say they'd do to the stag?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the wolves |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** | would | wolves *= wolf* |  |  |  |  | to the stag | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Trample him and drag him to the bog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = Trample him and drag him to the bog
1	Trample	trample	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	drag	drag	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trample** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the bog |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bog=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch, then howl over him all night long

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch, then howl over him all night long
1	Tear	tear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	howl	howl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his throat |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location throat=Theme |
| 2 | **gnaw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his haunch |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient |
| 3 | **howl** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then; night | over him *= he*; long *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch and leave his bones in the bog

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = Tear out his throat, gnaw his haunch and leave his bones in the bog
1	Tear	tear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his throat |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location throat=Theme |
| 2 | **gnaw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his haunch |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient |
| 3 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his bones |  | the bog |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in bog=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tear out his throat and gnaw his haunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = Tear out his throat and gnaw his haunch
1	Tear	tear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gnaw	gnaw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	haunch	haunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his throat |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location throat=Theme |
| 2 | **gnaw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | his haunch |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haunch=Patient |

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