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title: Wait, the queen was dying and made the king swear what, bruv? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olw… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, the queen was dying and made the king swear what, bruv? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1337 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 2 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

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Wait, the queen was dying and made the king swear what, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, queen, king · **What happens:** wait, die, make, swear

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1337 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen's grave, a forgetful king, and a prophecy about Olwen» 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/1337-pg3454-part62/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t2:1
# text = Wait, the queen was dying and made the king swear what, bruv?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | past · progressive | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **make** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **swear** | present | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave, and to watch it every morning

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t2:o1:1
# text = Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave, and to watch it every morning
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	wed	wed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	watch	watch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | till a briar |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bloom** | participle |  | a briar *not said here* |  | her grave |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location |
| 3 | **watch** | to-infinitive |  | grave |  |  | morning |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t2:o2:1
# text = Not to wed till a briar bloomed on her grave
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	wed	wed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	bloomed	bloom	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | till a briar |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bloom** | participle |  | a briar *not said here* |  | her grave |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not to wed until a briar with two blossoms grew on her grave, proper swear

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t2:o3:1
# text = Not to wed until a briar with two blossoms grew on her grave, proper swear
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	wed	wed	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	briar	briar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	blossoms	blossom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | past | a briar with two blossoms |  |  | briar's grave |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not to rule till the sky fell in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t2:o4:1
# text = Not to rule till the sky fell in
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	rule	rule	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rule** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall in** | past | the sky |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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