--- title: Molly from Dublin: «what's the craic with the mud?» (craic = what's… — Just So Stories, How the First Letter… · tree and pragmatics description: Molly from Dublin: «what's the craic with the mud?» (craic = what's going on) Why did the ladies put mud in his hair? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/t7/) [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/) / [Just So Stories, How the First Letter…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2:… Molly from Dublin: «what's the craic with the mud?» (craic = what's going on) Why did the ladies put mud in his hair? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Molly, craic, ladies · **What happens:** be, go on, put · **To what, where:** craic, mud, hair This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 85 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes» 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/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Molly from Dublin: «what's the craic with the mud?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:1 # text = Molly from Dublin: «what's the craic with the mud?» 1 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Dublin Dublin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 craic craic NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Molly from Dublin | the craic | | | | with the mud | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* (craic = what's going on) Why did the ladies put mud in his hair? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:2 # text = (craic = what's going on) Why did the ladies put mud in his hair? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 craic craic NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 6 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 on on ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 9 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | present · progressive | craic | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past · do-support | the ladies | mud | | Molly's hair | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent mud=Theme in hair=Destination | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They thought he had hurt Tegumai and Taffy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:o1:1 # text = They thought he had hurt Tegumai and Taffy 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | past · perfect | he | Tegumai and Taffy | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tegumai=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They wanted to hide him from the Chief ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:o2:1 # text = They wanted to hide him from the Chief 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | him *= he* | | the Chief | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient from chief=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They thought he had come from enemies to hurt Tegumai and Taffy, so they covered him in mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:o3:1 # text = They thought he had come from enemies to hurt Tegumai and Taffy, so they covered him in mud 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | he | | | enemies | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from enemy=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **hurt** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | Tegumai and Taffy | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tegumai=Patient | | 4 | **cover** | past | Tegumai | | Taffy | | | in mud | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination in mud=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They thought he had hurt Tegumai and Taffy with the spear and wanted to punish him for it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes:t7:o4:1 # text = They thought he had hurt Tegumai and Taffy with the spear and wanted to punish him for it 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 Tegumai Tegumai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** | past · perfect | he | Tegumai and Taffy | | | | with the spear | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tegumai=Patient | | 3 | **want** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **punish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | Taffy | | | | for spear | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Patient for it=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Just So Stories, How the First Letter…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/t6/) - next →: [Just So Stories, How the First Letter…, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/t8/) - ↑ back to [Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 2: the picture goes wrong and the whole Tribe comes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/)