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title: so what did the prince do while the widow combed the reindeer? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderel… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the prince do while the widow combed the reindeer? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the gol…

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so what did the prince do while the widow combed the reindeer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** widow · **What happens:** do, comb · **To what, where:** prince, reindeer

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1534 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderella, part 31: the golden hemlock and the burnt reindeer skin» 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/1534-pg540-part31/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t12:1
# text = so what did the prince do while the widow combed the reindeer?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	combed	comb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **comb** | past | the widow | the reindeer |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reindeer=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 {#o1}

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burned the reindeer skin in the hearth fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t12:o1:1
# text = burned the reindeer skin in the hearth fire
1	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past |  | the reindeer skin |  | the hearth fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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slept by the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t12:o2:1
# text = slept by the hearth
1	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the hearth | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dropped the comb on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t12:o3:1
# text = dropped the comb on the floor
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  | the comb |  | the floor |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comb=Theme on floor=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
threw the skin in the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1534-pg540-part31:t12:o4:1
# text = threw the skin in the fire
1	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past |  | the skin |  | the fire |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent skin=Theme in fire=Destination |

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