--- title: Was Manus buzzing when he got back home? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Manus buzzing when he got back home? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1159-pg3027-part25/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1159-pg3027-part25/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manu… Was Manus buzzing when he got back home? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Manus · **What happens:** buzz, get back This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» 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/1159-pg3027-part25/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:t10:1 # text = Was Manus buzzing when he got back home? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Manus Manus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 buzzing buzz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | Manus | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get back** | past | Manus | | | | | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} Aye, he was dead chuffed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:t10:o1:1 # text = Aye, he was dead chuffed 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 chuffed chuff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **chuff** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Nah, he was dead gutted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:t10:o2:1 # text = Nah, he was dead gutted 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **gut** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, not really ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:t10:o3:1 # text = Nah, not really 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 really really ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Aye, he was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:t10:o4:1 # text = Aye, he was 1 Aye aye INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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