--- title: Gutted for him, but who whispered that he was doing it on purpose? — Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted for him, but who whispered that he was doing it on purpose? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1038-pg2892-part6/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1038-pg2892-part6/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr… Gutted for him, but who whispered that he was doing it on purpose? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** gut, whisper, do · **To what, where:** it, purpose This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t12:1 # text = Gutted for him, but who whispered that he was doing it on purpose? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | | | | | | for him *= he* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | past · progressive | he | it | | purpose | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} Some savage voice from the bottom of the tree where the roots were thick and dark and wet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t12:o1:1 # text = Some savage voice from the bottom of the tree where the roots were thick and dark and wet 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the roots | | | | | thick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the roots *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the roots *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} A low voice from behind the big stone wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t12:o2:1 # text = A low voice from behind the big stone wall 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Some savage voice from the bottom of the tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t12:o3:1 # text = Some savage voice from the bottom of the tree 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Some wild voice from the top of the hill ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1038-pg2892-part6:t12:o4:1 # text = Some wild voice from the top of the hill 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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