--- title: Why did Ritter Red chill up a tree, dude? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Ritter Red chill up a tree, dude? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1573 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1573-pg540-part70/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1573-pg540-part70/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin… Why did Ritter Red chill up a tree, dude? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ritter · **What happens:** chill up · **To what, where:** tree This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1573 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin tricks three one-eyed hags for magic gifts, then saves the Princess from the first Troll while Ritter Red takes the credit.» 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/1573-pg540-part70/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t6:1 # text = Why did Ritter Red chill up a tree, dude? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 Ritter Ritter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 chill chill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chill up** | past · do-support | Ritter | a tree and dude | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tree=Experiencer | 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} To spy on the Trolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t6:o1:1 # text = To spy on the Trolls 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 spy spy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Trolls troll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spy** | to-infinitive | | | | the Trolls | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was too scared to fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t6:o2:1 # text = He was too scared to fight 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He wanted to watch first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t6:o3:1 # text = He wanted to watch first 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He was too scared to fight, so he climbed up to hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t6:o4:1 # text = He was too scared to fight, so he climbed up to hide 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fight** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **climb up** | past | he | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hide** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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