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title: wait the ointment brought him back innit — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait the ointment brought him back innit Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 3 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

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wait the ointment brought him back innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wait ointment · **What happens:** wait, bring back · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» 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/1326-pg3454-part51/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t3:1
# text = wait the ointment brought him back innit
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	innit	innit	PROPN	ADD	_	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring back** | past | the wait ointment |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

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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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yeah it was like a proper magic potion that the countess had brought from her chest

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah it was like a proper magic potion that the countess had brought from her chest
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a proper magic potion | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | a proper magic potion *not said here* | the countess |  | her chest |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from chest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah it was like a healing salve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah it was like a healing salve
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	salve	salve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a healing salve | tree rules |

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

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yeah it was like a proper magic potion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah it was like a proper magic potion
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a proper magic potion | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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yeah it was like a proper magic potion, it smelled of flowers and healed him in seconds

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah it was like a proper magic potion, it smelled of flowers and healed him in seconds
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | like a proper magic potion | tree rules |
| 2 | **smell** | past | a proper magic potion |  |  |  |  | of flowers | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of flower=Theme |
| 3 | **heal** | past | a proper magic potion *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | second |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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