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title: Sheep trying to kill everyone, that's mental, innit? — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sheep trying to kill everyone, that's mental, innit? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 4 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

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Sheep trying to kill everyone, that's mental, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sheep · **What happens:** try, kill, be, innit · **To what, where:** everyone

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t4:1
# text = Sheep trying to kill everyone, that's mental, innit?
1	Sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
2	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund | Sheep *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sheep *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sheep |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Proper gutted, the lads all legged it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t4:o1:1
# text = Proper gutted, the lads all legged it
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	legged	leg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leg** | past | the lads | it |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper gutted, the lads all legged it up the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t4:o2:1
# text = Proper gutted, the lads all legged it up the trees
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	legged	leg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leg up** | past | the lads | it |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper gutted, the lads all legged it up the trees and sat there ages

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t4:o3:1
# text = Proper gutted, the lads all legged it up the trees and sat there ages
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	legged	leg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leg up** | past | the lads | it |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** | past | the lads *not said here* | ages |  | there |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location age=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper scary, the lads all scarpered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:t4:o4:1
# text = Proper scary, the lads all scarpered
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scarpered	scarper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scarper** | participle |  | the scary lads *not said here* |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

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