--- title: Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir? — Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonsla… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir? Exam question 1 of lesson 1584 «Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Fafnir, learns the birds' speech, and wakes Brynhild» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonsla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd… Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Fafnir · **What happens:** perform, die This is exam question 1 of lesson 1584 «Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd kills Fafnir, learns the birds' speech, and wakes Brynhild» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1584-pg540-part81/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:e1:1 # text = Which action did Sigurd perform immediately after the death of Fafnir? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Fafnir Fafnir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action | | | | after the death of Fafnir | immediately *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **die** | | Fafnir | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | 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} He took the sword and rode back to the king's hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:e1:o1:1 # text = He took the sword and rode back to the king's hall 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | He | the sword | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **ride back** | past | He *not said here* | | | the king's hall | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hall=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} He carved up the dragon's great corpse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:e1:o2:1 # text = He carved up the dragon's great corpse 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carved carve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve up** | past | He | the dragon's great corpse | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He cut out the eyes and carried the hoard away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:e1:o3:1 # text = He cut out the eyes and carried the hoard away 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hoard hoard NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut out** | past | He | the eyes | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector eye=Eventuality | | 2 | **carry away** | past | He *not said here* | the hoard | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoard=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He roasted the heart of the slain Dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:e1:o4:1 # text = He roasted the heart of the slain Dragon 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 roasted roast 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 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast** | past | He | the heart of the Dragon slain | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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