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title: so the chase, did she catch up or nah? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear,… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the chase, did she catch up or nah? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the chase, did she catch up or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chase · **What happens:** catch up

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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/1296-pg3454-part21/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t8:1
# text = so the chase, did she catch up or nah?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch up** | past · do-support | the chase |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she rode after him on a horse with the egg-wife's help through the forest for days

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t8:o1:1
# text = she rode after him on a horse with the egg-wife's help through the forest for days
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | she |  |  | the forest | after him *= he*; day | on a horse; with the egg wife's help | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory |
| 2 | **help** |  | the egg wife |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she kept on his trail all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t8:o2:1
# text = she kept on his trail all along
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	along	along	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | she |  |  | his trail |  | along *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on trail=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she caught up with him at the castle gates but he sent her back home at once

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t8:o3:1
# text = she caught up with him at the castle gates but he sent her back home at once
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch up** | past | she |  |  | the castle gates |  | with him *= he* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset |
| 2 | **send** | past | he | her back |  |  |  | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she kept him in sight the whole way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1296-pg3454-part21:t8:o4:1
# text = she kept him in sight the whole way
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | she | him *= he* |  | sight |  | the whole way *obl:unmarked* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Location |

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