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title: Ayy, what did the third hag promise Goll so he'd let her go? — Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayy, what did the third hag promise Goll so he'd let her go? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 4 · ★ · Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats…

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Ayy, what did the third hag promise Goll so he'd let her go?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ayy, Goll · **What happens:** do, let, go · **To what, where:** third hag promise, Goll

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» 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/1061-pg2892-part29/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t4:1
# text = Ayy, what did the third hag promise Goll so he'd let her go?
1	Ayy	Ayy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ayy | the third hag promise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality |
| 2 | **let** | would | Ayy | Goll |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | Goll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To lift the spell off the Fianna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t4:o1:1
# text = To lift the spell off the Fianna
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | to-infinitive |  | the spell |  |  |  | off the Fianna | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spell=Theme off fianna=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To release his men from spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t4:o2:1
# text = To release his men from spell
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	release	release	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | his men |  | spell |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer man=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To spare her and free them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t4:o3:1
# text = To spare her and free them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	spare	spare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | free *property* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To free them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1061-pg2892-part29:t4:o4:1
# text = To free them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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