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title: Lowkey, what gear did the Prince use to tame the horse? — Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, what gear did the Prince use to tame the horse? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

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Lowkey, what gear did the Prince use to tame the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey, Prince · **What happens:** do, use, tame · **To what, where:** horse

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1442 «Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29: the Prince learns tricks from the Master-maid and tames the fire horse» 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/1442-pg503-part29/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t13:1
# text = Lowkey, what gear did the Prince use to tame the horse?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	gear	gear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	tame	tame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Lowkey |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **use** | present | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tame** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |

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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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the old bridle hanging from the nail by the big wooden door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t13:o1:1
# text = the old bridle hanging from the nail by the big wooden door
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | the old bridle *not said here* |  |  | the nail |  | by the big wooden door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

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

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the bridle hanging by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t13:o2:1
# text = the bridle hanging by the door
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund | the bridle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the door | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the bridle that hung by the stable gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t13:o3:1
# text = the bridle that hung by the stable gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | the bridle |  |  |  |  | by the stable gate | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the reins by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t13:o4:1
# text = the reins by the window
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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