--- title: why does everyone keep shouting "nothing, nothing" in the tent? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coa… · tree and pragmatics description: why does everyone keep shouting "nothing, nothing" in the tent? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1058-pg2892-part26/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1058-pg2892-part26/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th… why does everyone keep shouting "nothing, nothing" in the tent? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone · **What happens:** keep, shout · **To what, where:** nothing, tent This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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/1058-pg2892-part26/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t8:1 # text = why does everyone keep shouting "nothing, nothing" in the tent? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present · do-support | everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | everyone *not said here* | nothing | | the tent | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | 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} They're lost and waiting for news ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t8:o1:1 # text = They're lost and waiting for news 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | for news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} No news, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t8:o2:1 # text = No news, mate 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} They're gutted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t8:o3:1 # text = They're gutted 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They're just gutted, there's no news yet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:t8:o4:1 # text = They're just gutted, there's no news yet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 2 | **be** | present | no news | | | there | yet | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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