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title: Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him? Test 6 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 6 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o…

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Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, steward, plot, do · **To what, where:** squire

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t6:1
# text = Wait, what were the squire and steward plotting to do with him?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	squire	squire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	steward	steward	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the squire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **steward** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **plot** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with squire | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Shove him into the river with a rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t6:o1:1
# text = Shove him into the river with a rope
1	Shove	shove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shove** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the river |  | with a rope | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme into river=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tie him up in a sack and toss him into the deep lake with a heavy iron weight strapped to his legs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t6:o2:1
# text = Tie him up in a sack and toss him into the deep lake with a heavy iron weight strapped to his legs
1	Tie	tie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	toss	toss	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	strapped	strap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie up** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | a sack |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **toss** | present | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the deep lake with a heavy iron weight |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Patient into lake=Recipient |
| 3 | **strap** | participle |  | a heavy iron weight *not said here* |  |  |  | to his legs | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient |

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

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Drop him down the well under a mill-stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t6:o3:1
# text = Drop him down the well under a mill-stone
1	Drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	1	obj	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | a mill stone |  | well *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme the=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Throw him in the pond at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t6:o4:1
# text = Throw him in the pond at night
1	Throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the pond | night |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in pond=Destination |

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