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title: Did Fionn see Conaran watching the hunt, or what? — Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Fionn see Conaran watching the hunt, or what? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 12 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

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Did Fionn see Conaran watching the hunt, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fionn, Conaran · **What happens:** see, watch · **To what, where:** Conaran, hunt

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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/1059-pg2892-part27/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t12:1
# text = Did Fionn see Conaran watching the hunt, or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Conaran	Conaran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · do-support | Fionn | Conaran |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conaran=Stimulus |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | Conaran *not said here* | the hunt |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme |

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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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Nah, Fionn didn't notice him, 'cause he was busy with the hunt

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, Fionn didn't notice him, 'cause he was busy with the hunt
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | Fionn | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | Fionn |  |  |  |  | with the hunt; busy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Fionn saw him, 'cause he was looking up at the hill

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Fionn saw him, 'cause he was looking up at the hill
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Fionn | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look up** | past · progressive | Fionn |  |  |  |  | at the hill | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hill=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he didn't, boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t12:o3:1
# text = Nah, he didn't, boy.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | boy |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Fionn didn't see him, 'cause he wasn't thinking of Faery

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t12:o4:1
# text = Nah, Fionn didn't see him, 'cause he wasn't thinking of Faery
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Faery	faery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | Fionn | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Fionn |  |  |  |  | of Faery | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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