--- title: Why did Conall want the horse so bad, sound? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Conall want the horse so bad, sound? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1989-pg7885-part8/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1989-pg7885-part8/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro… Why did Conall want the horse so bad, sound? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Conall · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** horse This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» 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/1989-pg7885-part8/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t6:1 # text = Why did Conall want the horse so bad, sound? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Conall Conall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Conall | the horse | | | | bad *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot horse=Theme | 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} For his sons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t6:o1:1 # text = For his sons 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Or his sons would be hanged ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t6:o2:1 # text = Or his sons would be hanged 1 Or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hange** | would · passive | | his sons | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Or his sons would be drowned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t6:o3:1 # text = Or his sons would be drowned 1 Or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | would · passive | | his sons | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} To save them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:t6:o4:1 # text = To save them 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 save save VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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. 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