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title: Ken what the king was feart of, like, when the giant came? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ken what the king was feart of, like, when the giant came? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1290 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king reaches his wife, but the giant's soul stays hidden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king re…

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Ken what the king was feart of, like, when the giant came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ken, giant · **What happens:** be, come · **To what, where:** feart

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1290 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king reaches his wife, but the giant's soul stays hidden» 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/1290-pg3454-part15/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:t4:1
# text = Ken what the king was feart of, like, when the giant came?
1	Ken	Ken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	feart	feart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ken | feart |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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being beaten by him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:t4:o1:1
# text = being beaten by him
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | gerund · passive | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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being cut by the sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:t4:o2:1
# text = being cut by the sword
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund · passive | the sword |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
being bitten by it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:t4:o3:1
# text = being bitten by it
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | by it | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: by it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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being beaten by him in a fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:t4:o4:1
# text = being beaten by him in a fight
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	beaten	beat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | gerund · passive | him *= he* |  |  | a fight |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fight=Location |

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