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title: Is that basin, like, magic for real? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is that basin, like, magic for real? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the st…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is that basin, like, magic for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** basin

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» 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/1318-pg3454-part43/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t6:1
# text = Is that basin, like, magic for real?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | that basin |  |  |  |  | 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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Yep, but only on Sundays, and only if you carry it past the sea and the hills

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t6:o1:1
# text = Yep, but only on Sundays, and only if you carry it past the sea and the hills
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	past	past	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Sundays | it |  |  |  | past the sea and the hills | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, it shines at night and fixes boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t6:o2:1
# text = Yep, it shines at night and fixes boots
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shines	shine	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | it |  |  |  | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | present |  | boots |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, it heals you and wakes dead folks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t6:o3:1
# text = Yep, it heals you and wakes dead folks
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wakes	wake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	folks	folk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | present | it | you |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
| 2 | **wake** | present |  | dead folks |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent folk=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, it's just a fancy bowl, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t6:o4:1
# text = Nope, it's just a fancy bowl, dude
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a fancy bowl and dude |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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