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title: Mate, how long did he search before he nearly topped himself? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how long did he search before he nearly topped himself? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, how long did he search before he nearly topped himself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** search, top · **To what, where:** himself

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» 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/1736-pg640-part60/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t3:1
# text = Mate, how long did he search before he nearly topped himself?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	topped	top	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | Mate *vocative*; long *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **top** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Co-Theme |

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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 -->
Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds and deserts, and he nearly gave up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t3:o1:1
# text = Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds and deserts, and he nearly gave up
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wilds	wild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | he | bruv  Three years *not said here* |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bruv=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t3:o2:1
# text = Three years, bruv, through forests and wilds
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wilds	wild	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two years, bruv, through rain and mud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t3:o3:1
# text = Two years, bruv, through rain and mud
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three years, mate, over hills and rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t3:o4:1
# text = Three years, mate, over hills and rivers
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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