--- title: hang on, who were Allen and Arden worried about? — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics description: hang on, who were Allen and Arden worried about? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1995-pg7885-part14/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 Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1995-pg7885-part14/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N… hang on, who were Allen and Arden worried about? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hang on, be This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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/1995-pg7885-part14/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t6:1 # text = hang on, who were Allen and Arden worried about? 1 hang hang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 worried worry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | about, worry *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Naois getting Deirdre for himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t6:o1:1 # text = Naois getting Deirdre for himself 1 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 Deirdre Deirdre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | Naois | Deirdre | | | | for Naois | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme for himself=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} Connachar taking Deirdre back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t6:o2:1 # text = Connachar taking Deirdre back 1 Connachar Connachar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 Deirdre Deirdre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take back** | gerund | Connachar | | Deirdre | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument deirdre=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Naois stealing the king's gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t6:o3:1 # text = Naois stealing the king's gold 1 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | Naois | the king's gold | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gold=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Naois getting Deirdre for himself, which was the thing they had feared all along on the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:t6:o4:1 # text = Naois getting Deirdre for himself, which was the thing they had feared all along on the road 1 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 Deirdre Deirdre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 along along ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | Naois *not said here* | Deirdre | | | | for Deirdre | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deirdre=Theme for himself=Source | | 2 | **is a** | past | Naois | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fear** | past · perfect · passive | the thing *not said here* | they | | the road | | along *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | **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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