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title: Mate, what did the smith reckon the blade needed? — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what did the smith reckon the blade needed? Test 4 · ★ 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 pragmatics of
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# Test 4 · ★ · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

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Mate, what did the smith reckon the blade needed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smith · **What happens:** reckon, need · **To what, where:** Mate, blade

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t4:1
# text = Mate, what did the smith reckon the blade needed?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | the smith | Mate |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Theme blade=Attribute |
| 2 | **need** | participle |  | the blade *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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}

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Better iron and fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t4:o1:1
# text = Better iron and fire
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A proper strong fist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t4:o2:1
# text = A proper strong fist
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only a grown man of the giant's great size could wield it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t4:o3:1
# text = Only a grown man of the giant's great size could wield it
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	wield	wield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wield** | could | a grown man of the giant's great size | size |  |  |  |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A proper strong fist and a steady hand to hold it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2007-pg7885-part26:t4:o4:1
# text = A proper strong fist and a steady hand to hold it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | hand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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