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title: Ah go way, what did the old man stake against the wife? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ah go way, what did the old man stake against the wife? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 2005 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the story-teller loses everything at dice and is turned into a hare» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ah go way, what did the old man stake against the wife?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, old man · **What happens:** go, stake · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 2005 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the story-teller loses everything at dice and is turned into a hare» 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/2005-pg7885-part24/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t5:1
# text = Ah go way, what did the old man stake against the wife?
1	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stake	stake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | way |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |
| 2 | **stake** | past · do-support | the old man | way |  |  |  | against the wife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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 -->
every single thing he had, the wife included

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t5:o1:1
# text = every single thing he had, the wife included
1	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	included	include	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | every single thing and the wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
| 2 | **include** | participle |  | the wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the whole lot, wife and all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t5:o2:1
# text = the whole lot, wife and all
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the whole lot, wife, cows, and all his land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t5:o3:1
# text = the whole lot, wife, cows, and all his land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his house and his hounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2005-pg7885-part24:t5:o4:1
# text = his house and his hounds
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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