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title: Why was it dead hard tae light the fire again, mate? — Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was it dead hard tae light the fire again, mate? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 13 · ★ · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…

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Why was it dead hard tae light the fire again, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, light · **To what, where:** fire

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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/1303-pg3454-part28/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t13:1
# text = Why was it dead hard tae light the fire again, mate?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	expl	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
6	tae	tae	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	7	mark	_	_
7	light	light	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** | imperative |  | the fire |  |  | again | mate *vocative* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product |

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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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Because the rain had soaked everything and they had nae matches left, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t13:o1:1
# text = Because the rain had soaked everything and they had nae matches left, mate
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	nae	nae	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | past · perfect | the rain | everything |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | they | nae matches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | participle | nae matches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wood was aw wet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t13:o2:1
# text = The wood was aw wet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	aw	aw	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wood |  |  |  |  | wet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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They had nae matches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t13:o3:1
# text = They had nae matches
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nae	nae	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | nae matches |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had nae matches and the wood was aw soaked by the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1303-pg3454-part28:t13:o4:1
# text = They had nae matches and the wood was aw soaked by the rain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nae	nae	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	matches	match	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	aw	aw	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | nae matches |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |
| 2 | **soak** | past · passive | the rain | the wood |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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