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title: Did Mongan ever actually tell her the story, or what? — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Mongan ever actually tell her the story, or what? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 8 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the story…

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Did Mongan ever actually tell her the story, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, tell · **To what, where:** Mongan, story · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» 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/1067-pg2892-part35/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t8:1
# text = Did Mongan ever actually tell her the story, or what?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
2	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | Mongan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mongan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the story | Mongan |  | ever | actually *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic |

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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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yes, he told it at Tara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t8:o1:1
# text = yes, he told it at Tara
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he |  | it | Tara |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, he kept putting it off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t8:o2:1
# text = no, he kept putting it off
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put off** | gerund | he *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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no, he kept putting it off until his wife finally forgot about the promise entirely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t8:o3:1
# text = no, he kept putting it off until his wife finally forgot about the promise entirely
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	putting	put	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put off** | gerund | he *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
| 3 | **forget** | past | his wife |  |  |  |  | about the promise; entirely, finally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yes, he told her the whole of it that very night while the candles burned low

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:t8:o4:1
# text = yes, he told her the whole of it that very night while the candles burned low
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	dep	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
17	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he |  | her *= she* |  | night | whole *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **burn** | participle · passive |  | the candles |  |  |  | low *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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