---
title: Did the Thief actually get his hip chopped by the giant, like, for r… — Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the Thief actually get his hip chopped by the giant, like, for real? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/t2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/) / t2

# Test 2 · ★ · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the Thief actually get his hip chopped by the giant, like, for real?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Thief · **What happens:** get, chop · **To what, where:** hip

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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/1518-pg540-part15/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t2:1
# text = Did the Thief actually get his hip chopped by the giant, like, for real?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Thief	Thief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the Thief | Thief's hip |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hip=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chop** | participle |  | Thief's hip *not said here* |  |  |  | giant *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, his leg was cut off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, his leg was cut off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | past · passive |  | his leg |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the giant chopped off half his hip by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, the giant chopped off half his hip by mistake
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop off** | past | the giant | giant's hip |  |  |  | by mistake | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hip=Patient by mistake=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the giant really did chop half his hip off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, the giant really did chop half his hip off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop off** | past · do-support | the giant | his hip |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hip=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, half his hip was cut off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1518-pg540-part15:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, half his hip was cut off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	5	det:predet	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hip	hip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | past · passive |  | his hip |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/t1/)
- next →: [Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and t…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/t3/)
- ↑ back to [Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1518-pg540-part15/)