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title: Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrat… — Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrator report having heard from a birdeen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

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Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrator report having heard from a birdeen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** concern, hear · **To what, where:** eventual fortunes, narrator report, birdeen

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1987-pg7885-part6/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:e4:1
# text = Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrator report having heard from a birdeen?
1	Concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	aux	_	_
15	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	birdeen	birdeen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund |  | the eventual fortunes of the couple |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fortune=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive · do-support |  | the narrator report |  | a birdeen |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that they lived on good land by the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = that they lived on good land by the sea
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | they |  |  | good land |  | by the sea | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that neither cark nor care afflicted them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = that neither cark nor care afflicted them
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cark	cark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	5	cc	_	_
5	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cark** | infinitive | neither |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **care** | infinitive | neither *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **afflict** | participle | neither *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that the pair lived far off in the west and never once faced any cark or care

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = that the pair lived far off in the west and never once faced any cark or care
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	off	off	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	_
13	faced	face	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	cark	cark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the pair |  |  | the west |  | off *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in west=Location |
| 2 | **not** **face** | past | the pair *not said here* | any cark or care |  |  |  | once *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cark=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that neither cark nor care ever troubled them, though they were poor for years

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1987-pg7885-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = that neither cark nor care ever troubled them, though they were poor for years
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	cark	cark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	5	cc	_	_
5	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	troubled	trouble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trouble** | past | neither cark nor care | them *= they* |  |  | ever |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past | cark |  |  |  | year | poor *property* | tree rules |

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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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