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title: Honestly, why did the monsters even attack Art? — Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honestly, why did the monsters even attack Art? Test 6 · ★ 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 and of eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

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Honestly, why did the monsters even attack Art?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monsters · **What happens:** attack · **To what, where:** Art

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t6:1
# text = Honestly, why did the monsters even attack Art?
1	Honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | past · do-support | the monsters | Art |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Patient |

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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 -->
The witch sent them as fake dangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t6:o1:1
# text = The witch sent them as fake dangers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the witch | them *= they* |  |  |  | as fake dangers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because Art had stolen the golden cup from the witch's palace and angered all of the spirits in the hills

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t6:o2:1
# text = Because Art had stolen the golden cup from the witch's palace and angered all of the spirits in the hills
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	angered	anger	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect | Art | the golden cup |  | the witch's palace |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cup=Theme from palace=Source |
| 2 | **anger** | past | Art *not said here* | all |  | the hills |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus all=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were the servants of the king who wanted revenge for the death of his favourite hound

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t6:o3:1
# text = They were the servants of the king who wanted revenge for the death of his favourite hound
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | the servants |  |  |  | of the king | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the servants | revenge |  |  |  | for the death of king's favourite hound | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |
| 3 | **die** |  | king's favourite hound |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were hungry for Art's flesh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:t6:o4:1
# text = They were hungry for Art's flesh
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | for Art's flesh; hungry *property* | tree rules |

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