--- title: Was Goll grand with it, or was he sulking? — Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Goll grand with it, or was he sulking? Test 6 · ★ 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's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/t6/) [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 Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen… Was Goll grand with it, or was he sulking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Goll grand · **What happens:** be, sulk · **To what, where:** Goll grand This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t6:1 # text = Was Goll grand with it, or was he sulking? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 grand grand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sulking sulk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Goll grand | | | | with grand | tree rules | | 2 | **sulk** | past · progressive | Goll grand | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} He sipped his wine, no twinkle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t6:o1:1 # text = He sipped his wine, no twinkle 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sipped sip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 twinkle twinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | past | He | his wine and no twinkle | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sipped his wine with no twinkle in his eye, but sat smiling at the king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t6:o2:1 # text = He sipped his wine with no twinkle in his eye, but sat smiling at the king 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sipped sip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 twinkle twinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sip** | past | He | his wine | | | | with no twinkle in his eye | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 2 | **sit** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **smile** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | at the king | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He spat out the wine, angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t6:o3:1 # text = He spat out the wine, angry 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spat spat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spat out** | past | He | the wine | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He raised his cup, all smiles ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:t6:o4:1 # text = He raised his cup, all smiles 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 smiles smile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | He | his cup and all smiles | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme | **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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