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title: Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish? — Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish? Test 9 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 9 · ★ · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

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Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fancy · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Tuan, hawk, rubbish

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t9:1
# text = Did Tuan actually fancy being a hawk, or was it rubbish?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Tuan	Tuan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	fancy	fancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Tuan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | fancy | a hawk |  |  |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | fancy | rubbish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He moaned about it, said the sky was dull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t9:o1:1
# text = He moaned about it, said the sky was dull
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moaned	moan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **moan** | past | He |  |  |  |  | about it | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the sky |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky, mate, and wouldn't come down

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t9:o2:1
# text = He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky, mate, and wouldn't come down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fill	fill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
24	down	down	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | past | he | his fill of sweetness and joy in the sky and mate |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient |
| 4 | **not** **come down** | would | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t9:o3:1
# text = He loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fill	fill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | past | he | his fill of sweetness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He hated it at first, then loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness up high

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:t9:o4:1
# text = He hated it at first, then loved it, said he had his fill of sweetness up high
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hated	hate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	fill	fill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sweetness	sweetness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	up	up	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 2 | **love** | past | He *not said here* | it |  |  | then |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | past | he | his fill of sweetness |  |  |  | high *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient |

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