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title: Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale? — Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnik… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Norse Tales, Minnikin, part 72: Minnikin rescues the secon…

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Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** troll · **What happens:** go, get, mug

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t2:1
# text = Bruv, why did the troll go mental and get mugged by his own ale?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
11	mugged	mug	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the troll |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; mental *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **mug** | participle | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by troll's own ale | tree rules |

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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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cos Minnikin brewed it too weak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t2:o1:1
# text = cos Minnikin brewed it too weak
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brewed	brew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | past | Minnikin | it |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong and then the trolls went wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t2:o2:1
# text = cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong and then the trolls went wild
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brewed	brew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wort	wort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	super	super	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trolls	troll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | past | Minnikin | the wort |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Product |
| 2 | **go** | past | the trolls |  |  |  | then | wild *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t2:o3:1
# text = cos Minnikin brewed the wort super strong
1	cos	cos	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	_
2	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brewed	brew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wort	wort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	super	super	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | past | Minnikin | the wort |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wort=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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cos the ale was too sour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1575-pg540-part72:t2:o4:1
# text = cos the ale was too sour
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the ale |  |  |  |  | sour *property* | tree rules |

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