--- title: Yo, what were the youths doing at the fire? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Ow… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what were the youths doing at the fire? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1327-pg3454-part52/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Ow…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1327-pg3454-part52/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him… Yo, what were the youths doing at the fire? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youths · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** youths, fire This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» 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/1327-pg3454-part52/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:t9:1 # text = Yo, what were the youths doing at the fire? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the youths | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the youths *not said here* | | | the fire | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Preparing to throw Owen in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:t9:o1:1 # text = Preparing to throw Owen in it 1 Preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **throw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Owen | | it | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent owen=Theme in it=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Getting ready to throw poor Luned onto the flames ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:t9:o2:1 # text = Getting ready to throw poor Luned onto the flames 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Luned Luned PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 onto onto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **throw** | to-infinitive | | poor Luned | | the flames | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent luned=Theme onto flame=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Tying Luned up and preparing to chuck her on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:t9:o3:1 # text = Tying Luned up and preparing to chuck her on it 1 Tying tie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 Luned lun VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lun up** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 4 | **chuck** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | it | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme on it=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Getting ready to chuck Luned on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:t9:o4:1 # text = Getting ready to chuck Luned on it 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 chuck chuck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 Luned Luned PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **chuck** | to-infinitive | | Luned | | it | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent luned=Theme on it=Destination | **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. 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