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title: So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah? — Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah? Test 7 · ★ 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 the question a
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# Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, Halvor and the Trolls, part 8: Halvor beats t…

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So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big rule

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t7:1
# text = So what's the big rule with the ring, yeah?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the big rule |  |  |  | with the ring | tree rules |

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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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Never wish for gold in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t7:o1:1
# text = Never wish for gold in it
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wish** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for gold; for gold | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for gold=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Don't chuck it or say their names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t7:o2:1
# text = Don't chuck it or say their names
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **chuck** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | their names |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 3 | **name** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Don't sell it or wear it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t7:o3:1
# text = Don't sell it or wear it
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wear	wear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sell** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Don't lose it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1511-pg540-part8:t7:o4:1
# text = Don't lose it
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lose** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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