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title: so where was the husband when the voice got him again? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: so where was the husband when the voice got him again? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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so where was the husband when the voice got him again?

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

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t6:1
# text = so where was the husband when the voice got him again?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the husband |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the voice | husband |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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buying bread at the baker's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t6:o1:1
# text = buying bread at the baker's
1	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | bread |  | the baker |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bread=Theme at baker=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
at the barber's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t6:o2:1
# text = at the barber's
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	barber	barber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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getting a trim at the tailor's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t6:o3:1
# text = getting a trim at the tailor's
1	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	trim	trim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | a trim |  |  |  | at the tailor | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent trim=Theme at tailor=Asset |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
getting a shave at the barber's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:t6:o4:1
# text = getting a shave at the barber's
1	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shave	shave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barber	barber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | a shave |  |  |  | at the barber | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent shave=Theme at barber=Asset |

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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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