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title: Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew? — Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnik… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 11 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

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Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** old hag, only troll

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1575 «Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the second Princess from the Troll, brews the deadly ale, then is struck by his brother» 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/1575-pg540-part72/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t11:1
# text = Dude, was the old hag the only troll left alive after the brew?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	brew	brew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Dude | the old hag |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | the only troll *not said here* |  |  | after the brew | alive *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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nah, she was actually behind the great iron stove and crawled out later to beg for mercy

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t11:o1:1
# text = nah, she was actually behind the great iron stove and crawled out later to beg for mercy
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	crawled	crawl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  | the great iron stove |  | actually *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **crawl out** | participle · passive |  | the great iron stove |  |  |  | late *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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yeah, she was hiding behind the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, she was hiding behind the stove
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | she |  |  | the stove |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind stove=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was hiding behind the big stove in the corner of the hall the whole time

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, she was hiding behind the big stove in the corner of the hall the whole time
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · progressive | she |  |  | the big stove | time | in the corner of the hall | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind stove=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was sitting by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, she was sitting by the fire
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |

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