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title: So how did he get back up after the third Troll knocked him out? — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: So how did he get back up after the third Troll knocked him out? Test 4 · ★ 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 th
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# Test 4 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

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So how did he get back up after the third Troll knocked him out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, third Troll · **What happens:** get back, knock out · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t4:1
# text = So how did he get back up after the third Troll knocked him out?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **knock out** | past | the third Troll | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the eagle came and carried him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t4:o1:1
# text = the eagle came and carried him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the eagle |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | past | the eagle *not said here* | eagle |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the flask of ointment spilled over his wounds and healed him fully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t4:o2:1
# text = the flask of ointment spilled over his wounds and healed him fully
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	spilled	spill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | participle · passive |  | the flask of ointment |  | his wounds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **wound** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the ointment spilled and fixed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t4:o3:1
# text = the ointment spilled and fixed him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spilled	spill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | past | the ointment |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | past | the ointment *not said here* | ointment |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he crawled to the well and drank water until the Trolls went away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t4:o4:1
# text = he crawled to the well and drank water until the Trolls went away
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crawled	crawl	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	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Trolls	troll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | past | he |  |  | the well |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to well=Destination |
| 2 | **drink** | past | he *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 3 | **go away** | past | the Trolls |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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