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title: did the youth keep shouting at him, like, all day? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the youth keep shouting at him, like, all day? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

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did the youth keep shouting at him, like, all day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** keep, shout

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1184 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan feeds the raven, herds the cows through fire and flood, and is sheltered by two friends» 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/1184-pg3027-part50/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t4:1
# text = did the youth keep shouting at him, like, all day?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the youth |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the youth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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yeah, a few times, and Covan said "nah, you do it"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t4:o1:1
# text = yeah, a few times, and Covan said "nah, you do it"
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Covan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, twice, and Covan was like "nah, you run them off"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t4:o2:1
# text = yeah, twice, and Covan was like "nah, you run them off"
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
3	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
6	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Covan |  |  |  |  | run, twice *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, loads, like every hour, and Covan just kept walking and ignored him totally the whole time

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t4:o3:1
# text = yeah, loads, like every hour, and Covan just kept walking and ignored him totally the whole time
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ignored	ignore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | loads and every hour |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | loads and every hour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | past | loads and every hour *not said here* | Covan |  |  | time | totally *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, all day long, from dawn till dusk, and the youth ended up hoarse and Covan just laughed at him and carried on walking

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t4:o4:1
# text = yeah, all day long, from dawn till dusk, and the youth ended up hoarse and Covan just laughed at him and carried on walking
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	till	till	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	hoarse	hoarse	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	just	just	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past | the youth |  |  |  |  | hoarse *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | Covan |  |  |  |  | at youth | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry** | past | Covan *not said here* |  |  | walking |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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