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title: Why was the cradle wedding even made, like? — Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the cradle wedding even made, like? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 13 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38:…

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Why was the cradle wedding even made, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** cradle wedding

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» 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/1070-pg2892-part38/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:t13:1
# text = Why was the cradle wedding even made, like?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the cradle wedding |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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 {#o1}

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to stop the Black Hag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:t13:o1:1
# text = to stop the Black Hag
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Hag	Hag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | the Black Hag |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality hag=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to end the bad feud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:t13:o2:1
# text = to end the bad feud
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feud	feud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | the bad feud |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality feud=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to gain the cattle, like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:t13:o3:1
# text = to gain the cattle, like
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	gain	gain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | to-infinitive |  | the cattle |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to end war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:t13:o4:1
# text = to end war
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	end	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | to-infinitive |  | war |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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