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title: Dermod was well strict about Sundays, yeah? — Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dermod was well strict about Sundays, yeah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1052 «Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a handsome stranger» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a ha…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dermod was well strict about Sundays, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dermod · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1052 «Irish Fairy Tales, Becfola, part 20: a wolf chase and a handsome stranger» 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/1052-pg2892-part20/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1052-pg2892-part20:t4:1
# text = Dermod was well strict about Sundays, yeah?
1	Dermod	Dermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dermod |  |  |  | sunday | strict, well *property* | 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 {#o1}

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Totally, no wolves on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1052-pg2892-part20:t4:o1:1
# text = Totally, no wolves on Sundays
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally, no fairies allowed out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1052-pg2892-part20:t4:o2:1
# text = Totally, no fairies allowed out
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow out** | participle · passive |  | no fairies |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally, he banned fairies from using the earth on any Sunday, no matter what

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1052-pg2892-part20:t4:o3:1
# text = Totally, he banned fairies from using the earth on any Sunday, no matter what
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	banned	ban	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | past | he | fairies |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | gerund | he *not said here* | the earth |  |  | sunday |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally, no fairies allowed out, not even for a single minute on Sunday

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1052-pg2892-part20:t4:o4:1
# text = Totally, no fairies allowed out, not even for a single minute on Sunday
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow out** | participle · passive |  | no fairies |  |  | minute | totally *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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