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title: what were the young lasses doing, all giggly? — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40… · tree and pragmatics
description: what were the young lasses doing, all giggly? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1072 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his servant reach a noisy feast in Leinster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 11 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his…

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what were the young lasses doing, all giggly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** young lasses · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** all

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1072 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his servant reach a noisy feast in Leinster» 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/1072-pg2892-part40/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t11:1
# text = what were the young lasses doing, all giggly?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lasses	lass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
9	giggly	giggly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the young lasses | all |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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singing till the sun rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t11:o1:1
# text = singing till the sun rose
1	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  | till the sun |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rise** | past | singing |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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giggling till out of puff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t11:o2:1
# text = giggling till out of puff
1	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giggle** | gerund |  |  |  |  | till puff |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
giggling till out of puff near the door of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t11:o3:1
# text = giggling till out of puff near the door of the hall
1	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giggle** | gerund |  |  |  | the door of the hall | till puff |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
giggling till out of puff and then giggling again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t11:o4:1
# text = giggling till out of puff and then giggling again
1	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	puff	puff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	giggling	giggle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **giggle** | gerund |  |  |  |  | till puff |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **giggle** | gerund |  |  |  |  | then; again |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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