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title: Did the devil give up or nah, mate? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the devil give up or nah, mate? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 9 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

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Did the devil give up or nah, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** devil · **What happens:** give up

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t9:1
# text = Did the devil give up or nah, mate?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past · do-support | the devil |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
Yeah, he shouted a lot, cursed Tom's name, and then finally let him go back up to the world

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he shouted a lot, cursed Tom's name, and then finally let him go back up to the world
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	up	up	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | he | a lot |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **curse** | participle | a lot *not said here* | Tom's name |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | Tom |  |  | then | finally *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **go back** | infinitive | Tom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | up the world | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **name** |  | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he shouted and let Tom leg it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he shouted and let Tom leg it
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | he *not said here* | Tom leg |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent leg=Recipient it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he yelled and waved him off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he yelled and waved him off
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave off** | past | he *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he grabbed Tom by the collar and dragged him back in through the gate, shouting all the way

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, he grabbed Tom by the collar and dragged him back in through the gate, shouting all the way
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | Tom |  |  |  | by the collar | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme |
| 2 | **drag back** | past | he *not said here* | Tom |  | the gate |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | he *not said here* | all way |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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