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title: Wait, what did the women say about the tree, bro? — Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the women say about the tree, bro? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 5 · ★ · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

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Wait, what did the women say about the tree, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, women · **What happens:** wait, do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» 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/1037-pg2892-part5/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t5:1
# text = Wait, what did the women say about the tree, bro?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	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	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the women |  |  |  |  | about the tree and bro | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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not yet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t5:o1:1
# text = not yet
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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next week you may climb it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t5:o2:1
# text = next week you may climb it
1	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | may | you | it |  |  | week |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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try again later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t5:o3:1
# text = try again later
1	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | late *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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wait for the summer rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:t5:o4:1
# text = wait for the summer rain
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the summer rain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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