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title: so which bit of the prince did the Master-maid cut? — Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so which bit of the prince did the Master-maid cut? Test 8 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Master-Maid, part 30: the Prince fetches…

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so which bit of the prince did the Master-maid cut?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit · **What happens:** do, cut · **To what, where:** Master maid

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t8:1
# text = so which bit of the prince did the Master-maid cut?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which bit of the prince | the Master maid |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  | the Master maid *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his little finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t8:o1:1
# text = his little finger
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his left hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t8:o2:1
# text = his left hand
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his thumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t8:o3:1
# text = his thumb
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	thumb	thumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his right ear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1443-pg503-part30:t8:o4:1
# text = his right ear
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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