--- title: honestly, was the cowboy kind of a legend or what? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: th… · tree and pragmatics description: honestly, was the cowboy kind of a legend or what? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2004-pg7885-part23/t11/) [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, Gruagach Gaire: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2004-pg7885-part23/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the g… honestly, was the cowboy kind of a legend or what? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** cowboy kind This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2004 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gruagach Gaire: the cowboy makes the giant laugh and stops a wedding» 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/2004-pg7885-part23/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t11:1 # text = honestly, was the cowboy kind of a legend or what? 1 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ 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 6 det _ _ 5 cowboy cowboy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the cowboy kind | | | | of a legend; honestly *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 {#o1} he won the whole contest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t11:o1:1 # text = he won the whole contest 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 contest contest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | he | the whole contest | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contest=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he was the bravest man ever to walk into the hall and make the giant weep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t11:o2:1 # text = he was the bravest man ever to walk into the hall and make the giant weep 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 weep weep NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | the bravest man | | | ever | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | | | | | | into the hall *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hall=Result | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | | the giant weep | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset weep=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} he saved the princess, the sons and the whole household from the giant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t11:o3:1 # text = he saved the princess, the sons and the whole household from the giant 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | he | the princess and the sons and the whole household | | | | from the giant | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent princess=Theme from giant=Source | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he saved the day, big time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2004-pg7885-part23:t11:o4:1 # text = he saved the day, big time 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past | he | | | | day; 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