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title: what did the barber lot think of him yelling? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the barber lot think of him yelling? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 10 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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what did the barber lot think of him yelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** him · **What happens:** think, yell · **To what, where:** barber lot

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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/1546-pg540-part43/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t10:1
# text = what did the barber lot think of him yelling?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	barber	barber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support |  | the barber lot |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 2 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | him *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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they stared at him in fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t10:o1:1
# text = they stared at him in fear
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stared	stare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | past | they |  |  | fear |  | at him *= he* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they gawped at him in amazement and then threw him out of the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t10:o2:1
# text = they gawped at him in amazement and then threw him out of the shop
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gawp** | past | they |  |  | amazement |  | at him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | past | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the shop | then |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme out shop=Destination |

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

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they gawped at him in amazement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t10:o3:1
# text = they gawped at him in amazement
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gawp** | past | they |  |  | amazement |  | at him *= he* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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they gawped at him in amazement and asked him what the voice had said to him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t10:o4:1
# text = they gawped at him in amazement and asked him what the voice had said to him
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gawped	gawp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	amazement	amazement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	ccomp	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gawp** | past | they |  |  | amazement |  | at him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | they *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the voice | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Manner |

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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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