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title: Bruh, what did the lads actually do when he was cutting trees? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what did the lads actually do when he was cutting trees? Test 2 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

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Bruh, what did the lads actually do when he was cutting trees?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lads, he · **What happens:** do, cut · **To what, where:** trees

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This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t2:1
# text = Bruh, what did the lads actually do when he was cutting trees?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	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	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the lads |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut** | past · progressive | he | trees |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They stood there gawping with their mouths open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t2:o1:1
# text = They stood there gawping with their mouths open
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	gawping	gawp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mouths	mouth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | They |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gawp** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with their mouths; open *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They all stood around the field watching in silence, too scared to move a single finger while he cut the trees down

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t2:o2:1
# text = They all stood around the field watching in silence, too scared to move a single finger while he cut the trees down
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	down	down	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | They |  |  | the field |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around field=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the field *not said here* |  |  | silence |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location |
| 3 | **move** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | a single finger |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent finger=Theme |
| 4 | **cut down** | past | he | the trees |  |  |  | down *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They watched from the fence quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t2:o3:1
# text = They watched from the fence quietly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | They |  |  | the fence |  | quietly *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They just sat around doing nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t2:o4:1
# text = They just sat around doing nothing
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit around** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | They *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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