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title: Did Gunnar ride the fire himself, or what? — Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Gunnar ride the fire himself, or what? Test 13 · ★ 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.
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# Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, Sigurd and Brynhild: the truth comes out and…

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Did Gunnar ride the fire himself, or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gunnar · **What happens:** ride · **To what, where:** fire

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t13:1
# text = Did Gunnar ride the fire himself, or what?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Gunnar	Gunnar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past · do-support | Gunnar | the fire |  |  |  | Gunnar *obl:unmarked* | 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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Nah, Gunnar sent Hagen to ride the fire in his place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t13:o1:1
# text = Nah, Gunnar sent Hagen to ride the fire in his place
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Gunnar	Gunnar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Hagen	Hagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Gunnar | Hagen |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hagen=Theme |
| 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | Gunnar *not said here* | the fire |  | Gunnar's place |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yeah, Gunnar rode the fire himself, mate, bold as anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t13:o2:1
# text = Yeah, Gunnar rode the fire himself, mate, bold as anything
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Gunnar	Gunnar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bold	bold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | Gunnar | the fire |  |  |  | Gunnar *obl*; mate *obl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sent Sigurd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t13:o3:1
# text = Nah, he sent Sigurd
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | Sigurd |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigurd=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he sent Gram

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1585-pg540-part82:t13:o4:1
# text = Nah, he sent Gram
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Gram	Gram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | he | Gram |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gram=Theme |

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