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title: So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden… · tree and pragmatics
description: So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 10 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poor Daisy · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** bit

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» 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/1991-pg7885-part10/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t10:1
# text = So poor Daisy only had a bit of grass that day?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Daisy	Daisy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | poor Daisy | a bit of grass |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she had a tiny patch of grass that was not even enough to cover the palm of your hand

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she had a tiny patch of grass that was not even enough to cover the palm of your hand
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | a tiny patch of grass |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | she *not said here* | a tiny patch of grass *not said here* |  |  |  | cover, enough *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, only a small patch of grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, only a small patch of grass
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, poor thing, she was only given a little bit of grass that day which was barely enough to feed her

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, poor thing, she was only given a little bit of grass that day which was barely enough to feed her
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | she |  |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient bit=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | enough, feed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, not even enough to cover your hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, not even enough to cover your hand
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | to-infinitive |  | your hand |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Destination |

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