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title: Is the Carl a proper god or just a messer, sound? — Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is the Carl a proper god or just a messer, sound? Test 8 · ★ 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 each
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# Test 8 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

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Is the Carl a proper god or just a messer, sound?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Carl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** proper god

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t8:1
# text = Is the Carl a proper god or just a messer, sound?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	messer	messer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Carl | the proper god or a messer and sound |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's a fine king of the Shi' of Legney, boyo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t8:o1:1
# text = He's a fine king of the Shi' of Legney, boyo
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Shi	Shi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Legney	Legney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	boyo	boyo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a fine king and boyo |  |  |  | of the Shi of Legney | tree rules |

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

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He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, boyo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t8:o2:1
# text = He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, boyo
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ruler	ruler	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	Shi	Shi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rath	Rath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	Cruachan	Cruachan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	boyo	boyo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | ruler and boyo |  |  |  | of the Shi of Rath | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's just a messer from the bog of Cesh, boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t8:o3:1
# text = He's just a messer from the bog of Cesh, boy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	messer	messer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bog	bog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Cesh	Cesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a messer and boy |  | the bog of Cesh |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, and all of Faery bows down to him, boyo

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:t8:o4:1
# text = He's ruler of the Shi' of Rath Cruachan, and all of Faery bows down to him, boyo
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ruler	ruler	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	Shi	Shi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rath	Rath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	Cruachan	Cruachan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Faery	faery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	bows	bow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
17	down	down	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	boyo	boyo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | ruler and boyo |  |  |  | of the Shi of Rath | tree rules |
| 2 | **bow down** | present | all | ruler and boyo *not said here* | Rath |  |  | down *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ruler=Topic to he=Recipient |

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