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title: Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olw… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then? Test 6 · ★ 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 question and of each opti
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# Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Winning of Olwen, part 1: a queen'…

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Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hang on, be · **To what, where:** whole prophecy

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t6:1
# text = Hang on, what's the whole prophecy, then?
1	Hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the whole prophecy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Kilweh has to fight a king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t6:o1:1
# text = Kilweh has to fight a king
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Kilweh |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Kilweh *not said here* | a king |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Kilweh must marry the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t6:o2:1
# text = Kilweh must marry the girl
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | must | Kilweh | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Kilweh is meant to go on a long quest across the land and win Olwen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t6:o3:1
# text = Kilweh is meant to go on a long quest across the land and win Olwen
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	quest	quest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	Olwen	Olwen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | Kilweh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a long quest |  | across the land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across land=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **win** | present |  | Olwen |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olwen=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kilweh has to win Olwen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1337-pg3454-part62:t6:o4:1
# text = Kilweh has to win Olwen
1	Kilweh	Kilweh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Olwen	Olwen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Kilweh |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | Kilweh *not said here* | Olwen |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olwen=Eventuality |

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**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.

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