--- title: Mate, what did Gram do to that iron block, proper? — Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonsla… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did Gram do to that iron block, proper? Test 2 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1584-pg540-part81/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Norse Hero Tales, Sigurd the Dragonslayer, part 81: Sigurd… Mate, what did Gram do to that iron block, proper? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gram · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Mate This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:t2:1 # text = Mate, what did Gram do to that iron block, proper? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Gram Gram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 9 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Gram | Mate | | | | to that iron block | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} Broke it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:t2:o1:1 # text = Broke it 1 Broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | | it | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cut it apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:t2:o2:1 # text = Cut it apart 1 Cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 apart apart ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | apart *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Bent it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:t2:o3:1 # text = Bent it 1 Bent bent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bent** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Split it in two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1584-pg540-part81:t2:o4:1 # text = Split it in two 1 Split split VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | two | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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