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title: Upon what grounds does the narrative state that Fionn is forbidden t… — Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds does the narrative state that Fionn is forbidden to vocalise or sneeze during the night? Exam question 2 of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 2 · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

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Upon what grounds does the narrative state that Fionn is forbidden to vocalise or sneeze during the night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrative state · **What happens:** ground, do, forbid, vocalise, sneeze · **To what, where:** narrative state, Fionn

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1038-pg2892-part6/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:e2:1
# text = Upon what grounds does the narrative state that Fionn is forbidden to vocalise or sneeze during the night?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grounds	ground	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	vocalise	vocalise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
16	during	during	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ground** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present |  | the narrative state |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |
| 3 | **forbid** | present · passive | the narrative state *not said here* | Fionn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **vocalise** | to-infinitive | the narrative state *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **sneeze** | infinitive | the narrative state *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:e2:o1:1
# text = He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive | his guardians | He |  | formal bonds |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians and is tied to the tree with rope through the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:e2:o2:1
# text = He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians and is tied to the tree with rope through the night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive | his guardians | He |  | formal bonds |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination |
| 2 | **tie** | present · passive | his guardians *not said here* |  |  |  | night | to the tree; with rope | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to tree=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians, who fear that any noise will bring the sons of Morna

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:e2:o3:1
# text = He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians, who fear that any noise will bring the sons of Morna
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fear	fear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive | his guardians | He |  | formal bonds |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination |
| 2 | **fear** | present | his guardians |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **bring** | future | any noise |  | the sons of Morna |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He is forbidden by an oath from his aunts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:e2:o4:1
# text = He is forbidden by an oath from his aunts
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	aunts	aunt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present · passive | a oath | He |  |  |  | from his aunts | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from aunt=Eventuality |

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