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title: Man, was the summer scarce for them, like proper scarce? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Man, was the summer scarce for them, like proper scarce? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 8 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…

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Man, was the summer scarce for them, like proper scarce?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» 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/2001-pg7885-part20/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:t8:1
# text = Man, was the summer scarce for them, like proper scarce?
1	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	scarce	scarce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	scarce	scarce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Man |  |  |  | summer | for them *= they*; scarce *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
Nah, the summer was fine, but they had to wait for the apples to ripen in the orchard

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, the summer was fine, but they had to wait for the apples to ripen in the orchard
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	ripen	ripen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the summer |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wait** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the apples | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **ripen** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | the orchard |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the harvest came early, luckily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:t8:o2:1
# text = Nah, the harvest came early, luckily
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	luckily	luckily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the harvest |  |  |  |  | early, luckily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes, and they ate only nettles and water for weeks

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes, and they ate only nettles and water for weeks
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for new potatoes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | past | potatoes *= potato* | nettles and water |  |  | week |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nettle=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2001-pg7885-part20:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they had to wait for new potatoes
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	potatoes	potato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for new potatoes | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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