--- title: Gutted, what does the old man say Covan gets? — Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova… · tree and pragmatics description: Gutted, what does the old man say Covan gets? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1185-pg3027-part51/t9/) [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/) / [Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1185-pg3027-part51/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d… Gutted, what does the old man say Covan gets? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old man, Covan · **What happens:** gut, say, get · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» 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/1185-pg3027-part51/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t9:1 # text = Gutted, what does the old man say Covan gets? 1 Gutted gut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 Covan Covan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gut** | participle | the old man *not said here* | | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the old man | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | present | Covan | | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His sister taken home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t9:o1:1 # text = His sister taken home 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | participle | His sister | | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Silver coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t9:o2:1 # text = Silver coins 1 Silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t9:o3:1 # text = A horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The gift of a sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:t9:o4:1 # text = The gift of a sword 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gift** | | | a sword | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient | **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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