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title: How did the Norka's head go when it got chopped off? — Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: P… · tree and pragmatics
description: How did the Norka's head go when it got chopped off? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 9 · ★ · Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the…

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How did the Norka's head go when it got chopped off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** head · **What happens:** go, chop off · **To what, where:** head

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1531 «Roumanian Tales, The Norka, part 28: Prince Ivan slays the Norka underground and brings his sisters up» 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/1531-pg540-part28/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t9:1
# text = How did the Norka's head go when it got chopped off?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Norka	Norka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Norka's head |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **chop off** | past · passive |  | head |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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It fell off, crying out loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t9:o1:1
# text = It fell off, crying out loudly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It rolled off, saying "I'm done for," and sank into the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t9:o2:1
# text = It rolled off, saying "I'm done for," and sank into the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll off** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | done *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **sink** | past |  |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It bounced away, yelling in pain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t9:o3:1
# text = It bounced away, yelling in pain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce away** | past | It |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | pain |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It rolled off, saying "I'm done for"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1531-pg540-part28:t9:o4:1
# text = It rolled off, saying "I'm done for"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	done	done	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll off** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | done *property* | tree rules |

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