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title: Why can't Rogear swing his lance inside? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why can't Rogear swing his lance inside? Test 9 · ★ 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 e
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the st…

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Why can't Rogear swing his lance inside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rogear · **What happens:** not swing · **To what, where:** lance

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t9:1
# text = Why can't Rogear swing his lance inside?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	Rogear	Rogear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	swing	swing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **swing** | can | Rogear | Rogear's lance |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lance=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a spell says no lance in there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t9:o1:1
# text = a spell says no lance in there
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a spell | no lance |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lance=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the castle roof is made of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t9:o2:1
# text = the castle roof is made of gold
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the castle roof |  |  |  | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the door is too low for lances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t9:o3:1
# text = the door is too low for lances
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lances	lance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the door |  |  |  |  | for lances; low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a holy spell from the hermit says no lance may enter the walls of the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:t9:o4:1
# text = a holy spell from the hermit says no lance may enter the walls of the castle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a holy spell from the hermit |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **enter** | may | no lance | the walls of the castle |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Destination |

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