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title: so wait, the porter only lets in a craftsman, right? — Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64… · tree and pragmatics
description: so wait, the porter only lets in a craftsman, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1339 «Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way past the gate to polish a giant's sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 2 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…

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so wait, the porter only lets in a craftsman, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, porter · **What happens:** wait, let · **To what, where:** craftsman

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1339 «Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way past the gate to polish a giant's sword» 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/1339-pg3454-part64/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t2:1
# text = so wait, the porter only lets in a craftsman, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	porter	porter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	craftsman	craftsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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 | **let** | present | the porter |  |  | a craftsman |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: 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 {#o1}

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nah, anyone who knocks loud enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t2:o1:1
# text = nah, anyone who knocks loud enough
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	knocks	knock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enough, loud *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, someone who brings his trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, someone who brings his trade
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present |  | his trade |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trade=Theme |
| 2 | **trade** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a lad who's a good fighter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, a lad who's a good fighter
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	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a bloke with some gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1339-pg3454-part64:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, a bloke with some gold
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	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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