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title: did Houarn go to the palace with the swan on purpose? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: did Houarn go to the palace with the swan on purpose? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1330 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 55: Houarn leaves Bellah and is lured to the Groac'h's shell palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 5…

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did Houarn go to the palace with the swan on purpose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Houarn · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** palace

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1330 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 55: Houarn leaves Bellah and is lured to the Groac'h's shell palace» 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/1330-pg3454-part55/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t10:1
# text = did Houarn go to the palace with the swan on purpose?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Houarn	Houarn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Houarn |  |  | the palace with the swan on purpose |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location |

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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, he was curious, got dragged off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t10:o1:1
# text = yeah, he was curious, got dragged off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag off** | past · passive |  | curious |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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nah, he was lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t10:o2:1
# text = nah, he was lost
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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

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nah, he was just nosy and got carried off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t10:o3:1
# text = nah, he was just nosy and got carried off
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	nosy	nosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | nosy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry off** | past · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he got curious and was taken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t10:o4:1
# text = nah, he got curious and was taken
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | curious *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **take** | past · passive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP» |

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