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title: Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 3 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Foal, Troll

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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/1582-pg540-part79/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t3:1
# text = Bruv, what was the Foal even on about with the Troll?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Foal	foal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv | the Foal |  | the Troll |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some Troll put a spell on the brothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t3:o1:1
# text = Some Troll put a spell on the brothers
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | some Troll | a spell |  |  |  | on the brothers | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on brother=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Troll cursed the old King's sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t3:o2:1
# text = The Troll cursed the old King's sons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | past | the Troll | the old King's sons |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some Troll turned the brothers into foals ages ago when they went hunting in the woods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t3:o3:1
# text = Some Troll turned the brothers into foals ages ago when they went hunting in the woods
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turned	turn	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	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | some Troll | the brothers |  |  | ages | into foals *result*; ago *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent brother=Theme into foal=Result |
| 2 | **go** | past | brothers *= brother* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hunt** | gerund | brothers *= brother* *not said here* |  |  | the woods |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Troll wanted the Princess for his own bride and cursed all seven of them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:t3:o4:1
# text = The Troll wanted the Princess for his own bride and cursed all seven of them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	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	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the Troll | the Princess |  |  |  | for Troll's own bride; all seven of them *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme |
| 2 | **curse** | participle | the Troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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