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title: Ya reckon Guleesh was dead scared when the fairies came? — Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ya reckon Guleesh was dead scared when the fairies came? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the…

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Ya reckon Guleesh was dead scared when the fairies came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Guleesh, fairies · **What happens:** reckon, be, come

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» 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/1984-pg7885-part3/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t2:1
# text = Ya reckon Guleesh was dead scared when the fairies came?
1	Ya	Ya	X	FW	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Guleesh |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | the fairies |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Yeah, he was properly frightened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he was properly frightened
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was fine about it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was fine about it all
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Nah, he was more gutted for the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t2:o3:1
# text = Nah, he was more gutted for the girl
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gut** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | for the girl | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was shaking badly when they first came near him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was shaking badly when they first came near him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | past | they |  |  |  |  | near him *= he*; first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near he=Location |

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