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title: Mongan's wife asked where they were, so what did he say? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mongan's wife asked where they were, so what did he say? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 4 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

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Mongan's wife asked where they were, so what did he say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wife, they, Mongan · **What happens:** ask, be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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/1068-pg2892-part36/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t4:1
# text = Mongan's wife asked where they were, so what did he say?
1	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Mongan's wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Mongan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Why, we are here, sure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t4:o1:1
# text = Why, we are here, sure
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Why, we are still here, sure, where else would we be?

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t4:o2:1
# text = Why, we are still here, sure, where else would we be?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  | still | here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | would | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Why, we are here in Faery, sure, don't you know

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t4:o3:1
# text = Why, we are here in Faery, sure, don't you know
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Faery	Faery	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | we |  |  | Faery |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **do** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **know** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sure, we are over there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:t4:o4:1
# text = Sure, we are over there
1	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | we |  |  |  |  | over, there *property* | tree rules |

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