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title: What was the giant's last job for the Prince, mate? — Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the giant's last job for the Prince, mate? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Norse Tales, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 29…

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What was the giant's last job for the Prince, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** last job

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t9:1
# text = What was the giant's last job for the Prince, mate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the giant's last job |  |  |  | for the Prince; mate *vocative* | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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fetch the taxes from underground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t9:o1:1
# text = fetch the taxes from underground
1	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	underground	underground	ADV	RB	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the taxes |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tax=Theme from underground=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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go under the hill and fetch the taxes from the vault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t9:o2:1
# text = go under the hill and fetch the taxes from the vault
1	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the hill |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under hill=Location |
| 2 | **fetch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the taxes |  | the vault |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tax=Theme from vault=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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fetch the taxes from the mountain above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t9:o3:1
# text = fetch the taxes from the mountain above
1	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	taxes	tax	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	above	above	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | imperative | you *not said here* | the taxes |  | the mountain |  | above *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent tax=Theme from mountain=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bring back the coins from the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1442-pg503-part29:t9:o4:1
# text = bring back the coins from the cellar
1	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the coins |  | the cellar |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent coin=Theme from cellar=Initial\_Location |

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**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.

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