--- title: Mate, why did Sigurd's heart burst his mail? — Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, why did Sigurd's heart burst his mail? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1585 «Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and Sigurd dies» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1585-pg540-part82/t12/) [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 Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1585-pg540-part82/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and… Mate, why did Sigurd's heart burst his mail? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, heart · **What happens:** burst, mail · **To what, where:** mail This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1585 «Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and Sigurd dies» 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/1585-pg540-part82/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t12:1 # text = Mate, why did Sigurd's heart burst his mail? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mail mail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past · do-support | Mate | heart's mail | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mail=Theme | | 2 | **mail** | | heart | | | | | | nom mail «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1} He was too hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t12:o1:1 # text = He was too hurt 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Sorrow broke him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t12:o2:1 # text = Sorrow broke him 1 Sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | Sorrow | him *= he* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t12:o3:1 # text = He was sad 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He was so grieved ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t12:o4:1 # text = He was so grieved 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | **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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