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title: What did Halvor do once he heard that? — Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Halvor do once he heard that? Test 7 · ★ 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 and of e
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# Test 7 · ★ · Book of Tales, Soria Moria Castle, part 10: Halvor trades…

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What did Halvor do once he heard that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Halvor · **What happens:** do, hear · **To what, where:** that

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t7:1
# text = What did Halvor do once he heard that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Halvor |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hear** | past | Halvor | that |  |  |  | once *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

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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 stood up and walked to the front of the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t7:o1:1
# text = He stood up and walked to the front of the hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **walk** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the front of the hall *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to front=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ditched the rags, washed up in the river, then dressed as the groom and sat beside the bride

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t7:o2:1
# text = Ditched the rags, washed up in the river, then dressed as the groom and sat beside the bride
1	Ditched	ditch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	washed	wash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ditch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash up** | participle |  | the Ditched rags *not said here* |  | the river |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dress** | participle |  | the Ditched rags *not said here* |  |  | then | as the groom | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sit** | past |  |  |  |  |  | beside the bride | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside bride=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went to the river and washed his face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t7:o3:1
# text = He went to the river and washed his face
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  | the river |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to river=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **wash** | past | He *not said here* | his face |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ditched the rags and dressed up as the groom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1513-pg540-part10:t7:o4:1
# text = Ditched the rags and dressed up as the groom
1	Ditched	ditch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ditch** | participle |  | the rags |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dress up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as the groom | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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