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title: why was mac an da'v gobsmacked by the priests, like? — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40… · tree and pragmatics
description: why was mac an da'v gobsmacked by the priests, like? Test 13 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his…

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why was mac an da'v gobsmacked by the priests, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, gobsmack · **To what, where:** da'v

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t13:1
# text = why was mac an da'v gobsmacked by the priests, like?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	mac	mac	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	da'v	da'v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	gobsmacked	gobsmack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **gobsmack** | participle |  | a da'v *not said here* |  |  |  | by the priests | 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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they were praying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t13:o1:1
# text = they were praying
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they were reading their prayers aloud in a cold, damp church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t13:o2:1
# text = they were reading their prayers aloud in a cold, damp church
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · progressive | they | their prayers |  | a cold damp church |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 2 | **pray** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they were chanting the hymns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t13:o3:1
# text = they were chanting the hymns
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	chanting	chant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hymns	hymn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | past · progressive | they | the hymns |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hymn=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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they were reading their prayers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:t13:o4:1
# text = they were reading their prayers
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · progressive | they | their prayers |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic |
| 2 | **pray** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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