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title: Who's the crier with the two chains, the lad like a DJ? — Finn and His Companions, The Little Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who's the crier with the two chains, the lad like a DJ? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1054 «Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 22: Goll outgives Fionn at the banquet and admits killing Fionn's father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

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Who's the crier with the two chains, the lad like a DJ?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** crier

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1054 «Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 22: Goll outgives Fionn at the banquet and admits killing Fionn's father» 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/1054-pg2892-part22/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t2:1
# text = Who's the crier with the two chains, the lad like a DJ?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crier	crier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	DJ	dj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the crier and the lad like a DJ |  |  |  | with the two chains | 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 {#o1}

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the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t2:o1:1
# text = the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one by the door
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | the iron one and the silver |  |  |  | by the door | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent one=Theme by door=Trajectory |

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

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the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t2:o2:1
# text = the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | the iron one and the silver one |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the old man shaking a bronze bell and a horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t2:o3:1
# text = the old man shaking a bronze bell and a horn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | the old man *not said here* | a bronze bell and a horn |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bell=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one while the servants stared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t2:o4:1
# text = the lad shaking the iron one and the silver one while the servants stared
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	advcl	_	_
14	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund | the lad *not said here* | the iron one and the silver |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 2 | **stare** | past | the lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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