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title: Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the s… — Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnik… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the sea? Test 13 · ★ 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 depende
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# Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Minnikin · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Mate, bottom

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t13:1
# text = Mate, how did Minnikin get everyone back up from the bottom of the sea?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Minnikin | Mate |  | the bottom of the sea |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme from bottom=Source |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he yanked the cable and his men pulled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t13:o1:1
# text = he yanked the cable and his men pulled
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yanked	yank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank** | past | he | the cable |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cable=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | past | his men |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he pulled the rope and men cheered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t13:o2:1
# text = he pulled the rope and men cheered
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | he | the rope |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |
| 2 | **cheer** | past | men |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he tied the cable to the ship and his men rowed them all back up slowly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t13:o3:1
# text = he tied the cable to the ship and his men rowed them all back up slowly
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	all	all	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
16	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | he | the cable |  |  |  | to the ship | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent cable=Patient to ship=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **row** | past | his men | them *= they* |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he yanked the cable hard and his men pulled them all up in one go

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t13:o4:1
# text = he yanked the cable hard and his men pulled them all up in one go
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yanked	yank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yank** | past | he | the cable |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent cable=Patient |
| 2 | **pull up** | past | his men | them *= they* |  | one go |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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