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title: So Goll's gift-giving got Fionn raging, or was he just sulky? — Finn and His Companions, The Little Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: So Goll's gift-giving got Fionn raging, or was he just sulky? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragm
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# Test 7 · ★ · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

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So Goll's gift-giving got Fionn raging, or was he just sulky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gift, Fionn, Goll · **What happens:** give, get, rage, be, gift · **To what, where:** Fionn

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t7:1
# text = So Goll's gift-giving got Fionn raging, or was he just sulky?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	sulky	sulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | Goll's gift *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | Goll's gift | Fionn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rage** | gerund | Fionn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | gift |  |  |  |  | sulky *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **gift** |  | Goll |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t7:o1:1
# text = Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Fionn | stern dead quiet |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and stared at the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t7:o2:1
# text = Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and stared at the door
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Fionn | stern dead quiet |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stare** | past | Fionn *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the door | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and called for more wine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t7:o3:1
# text = Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and called for more wine
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Fionn | stern dead quiet |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for more wine | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for wine=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fionn went merry and loud, not sulky at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1054-pg2892-part22:t7:o4:1
# text = Fionn went merry and loud, not sulky at all
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	merry	merry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sulky	sulky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  | merry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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