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title: lol, why did the master say "yes" to fines every time? — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol, why did the master say "yes" to fines every time? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol, why did the master say "yes" to fines every time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** fines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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/2014-pg7885-part33/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t2:1
# text = lol, why did the master say "yes" to fines every time?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
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	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fines	fine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the master |  | fines |  | time |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to fine=Recipient |

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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 -->
Cause he got totally bamboozled by Jack's sneaky wordplay and couldn't win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t2:o1:1
# text = Cause he got totally bamboozled by Jack's sneaky wordplay and couldn't win
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bamboozled	bamboozle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wordplay	wordplay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bamboozle** | past · passive | Jack's sneaky wordplay | he |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **win** | could | Jack's sneaky wordplay *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause the fine thing was a trap he never saw coming at all, bro

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t2:o2:1
# text = Cause the fine thing was a trap he never saw coming at all, bro
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the fine thing | a trap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **see** | past | he | a trap *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | a trap *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he got bamboozled by Jack's wordplay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t2:o3:1
# text = Cause he got bamboozled by Jack's wordplay
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bamboozled	bamboozle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wordplay	wordplay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bamboozle** | past · passive | Jack's wordplay | he |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause he liked fining Jack every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2014-pg7885-part33:t2:o4:1
# text = Cause he liked fining Jack every day
1	Cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fining	fine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | Cause | fining Jack |  |  | day |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jack=Theme |
| 2 | **fine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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