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title: why'd he bounce off to find a land with no death, like, seriously? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd he bounce off to find a land with no death, like, seriously? Test 2 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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why'd he bounce off to find a land with no death, like, seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** bounce off, find · **To what, where:** land

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t2:1
# text = why'd he bounce off to find a land with no death, like, seriously?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bounce	bounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bounce off** | would | he |  |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a land |  |  |  | with no death | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he was dead scared of wars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t2:o1:1
# text = cos he was dead scared of wars
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cos |  |  |  |  | of wars; scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff, so he went off on a trek

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t2:o2:1
# text = cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff, so he went off on a trek
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	trek	trek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past · do-support | cos |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | cos *not said here* | cos's stuff |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go off** | past | cos |  |  | a trek |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trek=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t2:o3:1
# text = cos he didn't wanna die and lose his stuff
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past · do-support | he | cos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | he *not said here* | his stuff |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he didn't wanna get sick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t2:o4:1
# text = cos he didn't wanna get sick
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | past · do-support | he | cos *not said here* |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus |

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