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title: Okay, who was the Lord of the beasts, and what was his vibe? — Popular Tales from the Norse, East of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, who was the Lord of the beasts, and what was his vibe? Test 9 · ★ 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 de
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Okay, who was the Lord of the beasts, and what was his vibe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lord · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Lord, vibe

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t9:1
# text = Okay, who was the Lord of the beasts, and what was his vibe?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Lord |  |  |  | of the beasts | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the Lord | his vibe |  |  |  |  | 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 hunter with a bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t9:o1:1
# text = a hunter with a bow
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a man who blew a horn to summon the animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t9:o2:1
# text = a man who blew a horn to summon the animals
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | a man | a horn |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
| 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* |  | the animals |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a man who lived in a cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t9:o3:1
# text = a man who lived in a cave
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a man |  |  | a cave |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a man who rode a horse through the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1545-pg540-part42:t9:o4:1
# text = a man who rode a horse through the trees
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | a man | a horse |  | the trees |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through tree=Trajectory |

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**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.

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