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title: So what's the Ard-Ri, like? — Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Be… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what's the Ard-Ri, like? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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 rig
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# Test 13 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…

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So what's the Ard-Ri, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Ard Ri

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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/1053-pg2892-part21/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:t13:1
# text = So what's the Ard-Ri, like?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Ard	Ard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Ri	Ri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the Ard Ri |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The High King, the big boss of the whole country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:t13:o1:1
# text = The High King, the big boss of the whole country
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The High King, the big boss of the whole country, and everyone has to bow to him basically

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:t13:o2:1
# text = The High King, the big boss of the whole country, and everyone has to bow to him basically
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	nsubj	_	_
15	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
20	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the High King |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bow** | to-infinitive | the High King *not said here* |  | King |  |  | basically *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The High King, the big boss of the whole country, who sits at Tara and gets all the tribute

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:t13:o3:1
# text = The High King, the big boss of the whole country, who sits at Tara and gets all the tribute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | the High King |  |  | Tara |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at tara=Location |
| 2 | **get** | present | the High King *not said here* | all tribute |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tribute=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chief lord of the province, sort of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:t13:o4:1
# text = The chief lord of the province, sort of
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
```

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

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