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title: owen was well skinny when he got to the castle, right — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: owen was well skinny when he got to the castle, right Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 8 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

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owen was well skinny when he got to the castle, right

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** owen · **What happens:** be, get

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t8:1
# text = owen was well skinny when he got to the castle, right
1	owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | owen |  |  |  |  | skinny, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | owen |  |  |  |  | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result |

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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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yeah thin and weak when he came, and after three months of food he was properly buff again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah thin and weak when he came, and after three months of food he was properly buff again
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	buff	buff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | buff |  |  | again; month | of food; properly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yeah thin but he had a sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah thin but he had a sword
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah thin and weak, but three months later he was buff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah thin and weak, but three months later he was buff
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	buff	buff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | buff |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah thin and weak when he came, and it took three months of food to fill him out

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah thin and weak when he came, and it took three months of food to fill him out
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	out	out	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past | it |  |  |  | month |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fill out** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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