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title: Grand, what happened to the animals when Fionn went hunting? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fion… · tree and pragmatics
description: Grand, what happened to the animals when Fionn went hunting? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1040 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is hunted, leaves the boys' lake and serves a king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is h…

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Grand, what happened to the animals when Fionn went hunting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fionn · **What happens:** happen, go, hunt

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1040 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is hunted, leaves the boys' lake and serves a king» 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/1040-pg2892-part8/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t5:1
# text = Grand, what happened to the animals when Fionn went hunting?
1	Grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the animals | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hunt** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «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 {#o1}

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they sought him out, and every deer came to his feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t5:o1:1
# text = they sought him out, and every deer came to his feet
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek out** | past | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | every deer |  |  | deer's feet |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to foot=Initial\_Location |

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

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they sought him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t5:o2:1
# text = they sought him out
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek out** | past | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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they hid from him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t5:o3:1
# text = they hid from him
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | they |  |  |  |  | from him *= he* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from he=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they sought him out and gathered round him in the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1040-pg2892-part8:t5:o4:1
# text = they sought him out and gathered round him in the glen
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek out** | past | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **gather** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the glen |  | round him *= he* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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