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title: Did the stag have a proper loud voice or what? — Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the stag have a proper loud voice or what? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the stag have a proper loud voice or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stag · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** proper loud voice

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t8:1
# text = Did the stag have a proper loud voice or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the stag | a proper loud voice |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was rough and hoarse, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was rough and hoarse, mad
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | rough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick, like a harp in the night air over Ulster

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick, like a harp in the night air over Ulster
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, loud and clear and sweet, sick
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was harsh and screechy at first, then loud and clear and sweet, sick, innit mate

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = Nah, it was harsh and screechy at first, then loud and clear and sweet, sick, innit mate
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	screechy	screechy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	innit	innit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | innit mate *vocative*; harsh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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