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title: no cap, Houarn was so done with waiting for the pig price to drop — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, Houarn was so done with waiting for the pig price to drop Test 4 · ★ 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 pragma
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 5…

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no cap, Houarn was so done with waiting for the pig price to drop

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** be, wait, drop

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t4:1
# text = no cap, Houarn was so done with waiting for the pig price to drop
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Houarn	Houarn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | no cap |  |  |  |  | done *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the pig price | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drop** | to-infinitive | no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t4:o1:1
# text = fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his fortune |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he dipped to chase the big money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t4:o2:1
# text = fr, he dipped to chase the big money
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dipped	dip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dip** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the big money |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune after the pig price fell again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t4:o3:1
# text = fr, he just bounced to seek his fortune after the pig price fell again
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | his fortune |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the pig price |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, he left to find his luck out there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:t4:o4:1
# text = fr, he left to find his luck out there
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | fr *not said here* | his luck |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Topic |

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