--- title: So the fisherman basically promised his kid for fish, yeah? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics description: So the fisherman basically promised his kid for fish, yeah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/t1/) [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/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2007-pg7885-part26/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po… So the fisherman basically promised his kid for fish, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fisherman · **What happens:** promise · **To what, where:** kid This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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/2007-pg7885-part26/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t1:1 # text = So the fisherman basically promised his kid for fish, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 basically basically ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the fisherman | | fisherman's kid | | | basically *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent kid=Theme for fish=Goal | 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 promised fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t1:o1:1 # text = He promised fish 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He | | fish | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fish=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He traded his boat away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t1:o2:1 # text = He traded his boat away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 traded trade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trade away** | past | He | his boat | | | | away *property* | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He sold his son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t1:o3:1 # text = He sold his son 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past | He | his son | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He promised his first son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t1:o4:1 # text = He promised his first son 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He | | his first son | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent son=Theme | **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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