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title: so the Dog of Maol-mor, was he sound or what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flock… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the Dog of Maol-mor, was he sound or what? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gorla of the Flocks, part 50: Covan fe…

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so the Dog of Maol-mor, was he sound or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dog · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** sound

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t7:1
# text = so the Dog of Maol-mor, was he sound or what?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Maol	Maol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	mor	mor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Dog of Maol mor | sound |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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totally sound, lamb for dinner and a nap, Covan woke up happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t7:o1:1
# text = totally sound, lamb for dinner and a nap, Covan woke up happy
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | past | Covan | sound and lamb for dinner and a nap |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dead sound, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t7:o2:1
# text = dead sound, mate
1	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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pretty sound, had lamb and a sleep, Covan was up early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t7:o3:1
# text = pretty sound, had lamb and a sleep, Covan was up early
1	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	xcomp	_	_
13	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | pretty sound | lamb and a sleep |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | Covan |  |  |  |  | early, up *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
totally sound, lamb for tea and a kip, Covan woke up buzzing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1184-pg3027-part50:t7:o4:1
# text = totally sound, lamb for tea and a kip, Covan woke up buzzing
1	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kip	kip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	buzzing	buzzing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | past | Covan | sound and lamb for tea and a kip |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent buzzing=Patient |

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