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title: Wait, what did the Lord of the beasts hand him? — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what did the Lord of the beasts hand him? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 10 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, what did the Lord of the beasts hand him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Lord · **What happens:** wait, hand · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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/1545-pg540-part42/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t10:1
# text = Wait, what did the Lord of the beasts hand him?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hand** | past · do-support | the Lord of the beasts | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a magic sledge with white reins and a bell tied to the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t10:o1:1
# text = a magic sledge with white reins and a bell tied to the front
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sledge	sledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a bell *not said here* |  |  |  | to the front | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to front=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pair of snow shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t10:o2:1
# text = a pair of snow shoes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a pair of snow shoes that never sink in the deepest drift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t10:o3:1
# text = a pair of snow shoes that never sink in the deepest drift
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	drift	drift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sink** | present | snow shoes |  |  | the deepest drift |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a silver bell ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t10:o4:1
# text = a silver bell ring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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