--- title: Did the Troll say it smelled of Christian blood, innit? — Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the Troll say it smelled of Christian blood, innit? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1511-pg540-part8/t4/) [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/) / [Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1511-pg540-part8/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats t… Did the Troll say it smelled of Christian blood, innit? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Troll · **What happens:** say, smell, innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1511 «Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats three trolls and wins back the princesses, then wishes himself home» 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/1511-pg540-part8/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t4:1 # text = Did the Troll say it smelled of Christian blood, innit? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 innit innit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Troll | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **smell** | past | Troll | | | | | of Christian blood | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of blood=Theme | | 3 | **innit** | infinitive | the Troll *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} Yeah, he whispered it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he whispered it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | he | it | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nah, he didn't ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t4:o2:1 # text = Nah, he didn't 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he said it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t4:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he said it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he said nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, he said nothing 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | **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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