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title: Wha wis the soothsayer's big warnin, like? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deird… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wha wis the soothsayer's big warnin, like? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1994 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 1 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden…

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Wha wis the soothsayer's big warnin, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wha · **What happens:** wi · **To what, where:** big warnin

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1994 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Deirdre, part 1: a hidden girl is found by a lost hunter, and the king sets out to take her» 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/1994-pg7885-part13/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t1:1
# text = Wha wis the soothsayer's big warnin, like?
1	Wha	Wha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wis	wi	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soothsayer	soothsayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	warnin	warnin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wi** | present | Wha | the soothsayer's big warnin |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
the bairn wid bring a thousand deid men oot o the hills an dales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t1:o1:1
# text = the bairn wid bring a thousand deid men oot o the hills an dales
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bairn	bairn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wid	wid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	deid	deid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	oot	oot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	o	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dales	dale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | infinitive | the bairn wid | a men oot |  |  |  | of the hills and a dales | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent oot=Theme of hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the bairn wid bring the warst fecht in Erin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t1:o2:1
# text = the bairn wid bring the warst fecht in Erin
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bairn	bairn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	wid	wid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	warst	warst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	fecht	fecht	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | infinitive | the bairn wid | the warst |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fecht** | infinitive | the bairn wid *not said here* |  |  | Erin |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wean wid cause the biggest bloodshed in Erin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t1:o3:1
# text = the wean wid cause the biggest bloodshed in Erin
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wean	wean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wid	wid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	bloodshed	bloodshed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | the wean wid | the biggest bloodshed |  | Erin |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bloodshed=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wee lassie wid start the maist terrible wars in aw Erin an Alba

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1994-pg7885-part13:t1:o4:1
# text = the wee lassie wid start the maist terrible wars in aw Erin an Alba
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lassie	lassie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	wid	wid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	maist	maist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	aw	aw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Alba	Alba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | infinitive | the wee lassie wid | the maist terrible wars |  | aw Erin |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality |

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