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title: Bro, did the bride's sister roll the apple at him or hand it over? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, did the bride's sister roll the apple at him or hand it over? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 7 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

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Bro, did the bride's sister roll the apple at him or hand it over?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, sister · **What happens:** do, roll, hand over · **To what, where:** apple

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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/1444-pg503-part31/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t7:1
# text = Bro, did the bride's sister roll the apple at him or hand it over?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	roll	roll	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **roll** | present | the bride's sister | the apple |  |  |  | at Bro | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent apple=Theme at he=Trajectory |
| 3 | **hand over** | infinitive | the bride's sister *not said here* | apple |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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threw it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t7:o1:1
# text = threw it
1	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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handed it over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t7:o2:1
# text = handed it over
1	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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handed it to the Prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t7:o3:1
# text = handed it to the Prince
1	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past |  | it | the Prince |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to prince=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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rolled it across the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:t7:o4:1
# text = rolled it across the yard
1	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past |  | it |  |  |  | across the yard | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme across yard=Trajectory |

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