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title: What undertaking did the sureties bind themselves to fulfil? — Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did the sureties bind themselves to fulfil? Exam question 2 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 2 · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…

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What undertaking did the sureties bind themselves to fulfil?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sureties · **What happens:** undertake, do, bind, fulfil · **To what, where:** sureties

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» 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/1043-pg2892-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e2:1
# text = What undertaking did the sureties bind themselves to fulfil?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bind	bind	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bind** | present | the sureties | sureties *= surety* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 4 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | the sureties *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The bargain made with Fionn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = The bargain made with Fionn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the bargain *not said here* |  |  |  | with Fionn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everything that the sureties had promised to Aillen at the feast of Samhain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = Everything that the sureties had promised to Aillen at the feast of Samhain
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Samhain	Samhain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive |  | the sureties | Aillen | the feast of Samhain |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal that=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pact of the High King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = The pact of the High King
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pact	pact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bargain made between Fionn and the High King before the whole hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = The bargain made between Fionn and the High King before the whole hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the bargain *not said here* |  |  | before the whole hall | between Fionn and the High King | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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