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title: why did the skipper want the mill? — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the skipper want the mill? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper…

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why did the skipper want the mill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** skipper · **What happens:** want · **To what, where:** mill

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1446 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mill, part 33: a skipper buys the magic mill for salt» 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/1446-pg503-part33/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t9:1
# text = why did the skipper want the mill?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	skipper	skipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the skipper | the mill |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mill=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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To grind salt for his crew so that they would never sail again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t9:o1:1
# text = To grind salt for his crew so that they would never sail again
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grind	grind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | to-infinitive |  | salt |  |  |  | for his crew | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent salt=Product for crew=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **not** **sail** | would | they |  |  |  | again |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To make salt, no sailing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t9:o2:1
# text = To make salt, no sailing
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | salt and no sailing |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset salt=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To catch more fish at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t9:o3:1
# text = To catch more fish at sea
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | more fish |  | sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent fish=Theme at sea=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To grind gold for trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1446-pg503-part33:t9:o4:1
# text = To grind gold for trade
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grind	grind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grind** | to-infinitive |  | gold |  |  |  | for trade | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Material for trade=Beneficiary |

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