--- title: Hold on, who lent the calf in the end? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics description: Hold on, who lent the calf in the end? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1445-pg503-part32/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1445-pg503-part32/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff… Hold on, who lent the calf in the end? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** hold on, lend · **To what, where:** calf, end This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t10:1 # text = Hold on, who lent the calf in the end? 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold on** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lend** | past | | the calf | | | in the end | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme | 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} The sheriff, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t10:o1:1 # text = The sheriff, I think 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the sheriff | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The Master-maid, obviously, she lent it to the bailiff for the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t10:o2:1 # text = The Master-maid, obviously, she lent it to the bailiff for the night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lent lend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | past | the Master maid | it | the bailiff | | night | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to bailiff=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Master-maid, obviously ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t10:o3:1 # text = The Master-maid, obviously 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The attorney, bruv, he sorted the calf out with the sheriff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:t10:o4:1 # text = The attorney, bruv, he sorted the calf out with the sheriff 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sorted sort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort out** | past | the attorney and bruv | the calf | | | | with the sheriff | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calf=Theme | **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. 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