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title: Which implement did Hans employ upon the first attempt to fell the t… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which implement did Hans employ upon the first attempt to fell the tree, and what befell it? Exam question 1 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

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Which implement did Hans employ upon the first attempt to fell the tree, and what befell it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** implement · **What happens:** employ, fall, befall · **To what, where:** tree

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1632 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans outwits the squire's plots and beats Old Eric at Devilmoss Lake» 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/1632-pg5615-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e1:1
# text = Which implement did Hans employ upon the first attempt to fell the tree, and what befell it?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Hans	han	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
17	befell	befall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · do-support | which implement |  |  |  |  | upon the first attempt | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | which implement *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient tree=Result |
| 3 | **befall** | past |  | tree |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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His spade, whose handle cracked in two

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = His spade, whose handle cracked in two
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | His spade and His spade and spade's handle's handle |  |  | two |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in two=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The woodman's axe, whose edge was chipped and whose handle snapped, leaving the blade lying useless on the forest floor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = The woodman's axe, whose edge was chipped and whose handle snapped, leaving the blade lying useless on the forest floor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodman	woodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	chipped	chip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
19	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chip** | past · passive |  | the woodman's axe and the woodman's axe and axe's edge's edge |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **snap** | past | handle |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | handle *not said here* | the blade |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blade=Theme |
| 4 | **lie** | gerund | the blade *not said here* |  |  | the forest floor |  | useless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |

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

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The woodman's axe, whose edge was destroyed and whose shaft was broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = The woodman's axe, whose edge was destroyed and whose shaft was broken
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	woodman	woodman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shaft	shaft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | the woodman's axe and the woodman's axe and axe's edge's edge |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | past · passive |  | shaft |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hatchet whose blade bent sideways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = A hatchet whose blade bent sideways
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	bent	bend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | past | a hatchet |  |  |  |  | sideways *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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