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title: Sorted, so what's the last thing Art has to deal with? — Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sorted, so what's the last thing Art has to deal with? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 12 · ★ · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

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Sorted, so what's the last thing Art has to deal with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** last thing · **What happens:** sort, be, have, deal · **To what, where:** last thing

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» 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/1066-pg2892-part34/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t12:1
# text = Sorted, so what's the last thing Art has to deal with?
1	Sorted	sort	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the last thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | the last thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **deal** | to-infinitive | the last thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Morgan fighting him in changing shapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t12:o1:1
# text = Morgan fighting him in changing shapes
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	shapes	shape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | gerund | Morgan | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **change** | gerund | Morgan *not said here* | shapes |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The sea monsters returning one last time to drag him down under the waves and drown him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t12:o2:1
# text = The sea monsters returning one last time to drag him down under the waves and drown him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	drown	drown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | gerund | the sea monsters *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drag down** | to-infinitive | the sea monsters *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the waves |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **drown** | infinitive | the sea monsters *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Morgan with a magic spear and shield

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t12:o3:1
# text = Morgan with a magic spear and shield
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Morgan shooting arrows from the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t12:o4:1
# text = Morgan shooting arrows from the wall
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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