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title: Why was Halvor looking so janky at the feast? — Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was Halvor looking so janky at the feast? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 4 · ★ · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades…

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Why was Halvor looking so janky at the feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Halvor · **What happens:** look · **To what, where:** janky, feast

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1513 «Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades his horse for magic boots, reaches the castle and wins the bride» 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/1513-pg540-part10/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t4:1
# text = Why was Halvor looking so janky at the feast?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	janky	janky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | Halvor | janky |  | the feast |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme janky=Attribute |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He was wearing a borrowed old coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t4:o1:1
# text = He was wearing a borrowed old coat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · progressive | He | a borrowed old coat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |
| 2 | **borrow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had been fighting trolls all night and had no time to wash or change his clothes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t4:o2:1
# text = He had been fighting trolls all night and had no time to wash or change his clothes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	trolls	troll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past · perfect |  | fighting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **troll** | present | He |  |  |  | night |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wash** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **change** | infinitive | He *not said here* | fighting's clothes |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was all ragged from the bushes and bogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t4:o3:1
# text = He was all ragged from the bushes and bogs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ragged	rag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bushes	bush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bogs	bog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rag** | past · passive |  | He |  | the bushes and bogs |  | all *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had torn clothes from the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t4:o4:1
# text = He had torn clothes from the forest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | past · perfect | He | clothes |  |  |  | from the forest | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient from forest=Co-Patient |

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