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title: Fr, what did Fergus threaten to do to anyone who hurt his dog? — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fr, what did Fergus threaten to do to anyone who hurt his dog? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

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Fr, what did Fergus threaten to do to anyone who hurt his dog?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fergus · **What happens:** threaten, do, hurt · **To what, where:** Fr, dog

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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/1047-pg2892-part15/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t6:1
# text = Fr, what did Fergus threaten to do to anyone who hurt his dog?
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | Fergus | Fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Fergus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to anyone | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hurt** | past |  | Fergus's dog |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Flay them alive and then chop them into pieces and feed them to dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = Flay them alive and then chop them into pieces and feed them to dogs
1	Flay	flay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	feed	feed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flay** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chop** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | then | into pieces *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into piece=Result |
| 3 | **feed** | present | you *not said here* | pieces *= piece* | dogs |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to dog=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flay them and chop them up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = Flay them and chop them up
1	Flay	flay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	chop	chop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flay** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chop up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chop off their hands and feet and throw the rest into the sea, bro

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = Chop off their hands and feet and throw the rest into the sea, bro
1	Chop	chop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | infinitive | Chop off their hands and feet | the rest |  |  |  | into the sea and bro *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer rest=Theme into sea=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chase them out of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = Chase them out of the hall
1	Chase	chase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the hall |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out hall=Trajectory |

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