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title: bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea? — Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30:… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…

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bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** throw out, refill · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1443 «Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches the taxes and tricks the giant» 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/1443-pg503-part30/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t10:1
# text = bro, what did the prince throw out to refill the sea?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
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	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	refill	refill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw out** | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; out *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **refill** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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a jug from the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t10:o1:1
# text = a jug from the well
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a lot of water from the cellar barrels of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t10:o2:1
# text = a lot of water from the cellar barrels of the palace
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a couple drops from the flask on the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t10:o3:1
# text = a couple drops from the flask on the rock
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | a couple |  |  | the flask |  | on the rock | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from flask=Destination on rock=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a couple drops from the flask

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t10:o4:1
# text = a couple drops from the flask
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | a couple |  |  | the flask |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from flask=Trajectory |

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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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