---
title: Was that game a proper trick, like? — Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was that game a proper trick, like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/t12/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/) / t12

# Test 12 · ★ · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was that game a proper trick, like?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» 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/1333-pg3454-part58/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t12:1
# text = Was that game a proper trick, like?
1	Was	was	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just chess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t12:o1:1
# text = Nah, just chess
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	chess	chess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Hurling the Ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, Hurling the Ball
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Hurling	hurl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Ball	Ball	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl** | gerund |  | the Ball |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a trick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a trick
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Badger in the Bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Badger in the Bag
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa…, test 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/t11/)
- next →: [Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa…, test 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/t13/)
- ↑ back to [Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/)