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title: Did Minnikin just scrounge loads of gold then? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Minnikin just scrounge loads of gold then? Test 9 · ★ 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 schoo
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# Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Minnikin, part 70: Minnikin…

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Did Minnikin just scrounge loads of gold then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** scrounge · **To what, where:** Minnikin

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t9:1
# text = Did Minnikin just scrounge loads of gold then?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	scrounge	scrounge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrounge** | present |  | Minnikin |  |  | then |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

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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 -->
He grabbed a sack of coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t9:o1:1
# text = He grabbed a sack of coins
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | He | a sack of coins |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stole a box of jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t9:o2:1
# text = He stole a box of jewels
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | a box of jewels |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He took gold and silver hoops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t9:o3:1
# text = He took gold and silver hoops
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	hoops	hoop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | gold and silver hoops |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, just rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1573-pg540-part70:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, just rings
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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