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title: how long's he got to sit in there, proper? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra… · tree and pragmatics
description: how long's he got to sit in there, proper? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 4 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

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how long's he got to sit in there, proper?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** get, sit

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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/1735-pg640-part59/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t4:1
# text = how long's he got to sit in there, proper?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in there=Location |

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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 -->
ten till midnight, but three nights on the trot, proper long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t4:o1:1
# text = ten till midnight, but three nights on the trot, proper long
1	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	trot	trot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ten till midnight, three nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t4:o2:1
# text = ten till midnight, three nights
1	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
from ten o'clock till midnight, every single night for three nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t4:o3:1
# text = from ten o'clock till midnight, every single night for three nights
1	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	till	till	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dusk till dawn, two nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:t4:o4:1
# text = dusk till dawn, two nights
1	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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