--- title: Fam, what did the stone squash when he shook it off? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H… · tree and pragmatics description: Fam, what did the stone squash when he shook it off? Test 9 · ★ 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 the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1632-pg5615-part21/t9/) [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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong H…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1632-pg5615-part21/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Strong Hans, part 21: Hans o… Fam, what did the stone squash when he shook it off? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fam · **What happens:** do, shake off · **To what, where:** stone squash, squash This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t9:1 # text = Fam, what did the stone squash when he shook it off? 1 Fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ 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 7 det _ _ 6 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 squash squash NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Fam | the stone squash | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent squash=Eventuality | | 2 | **shake off** | past | Fam | squash | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} His own foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t9:o1:1 # text = His own foot 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A steward's ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t9:o2:1 # text = A steward's ear 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A footman's left thumb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t9:o3:1 # text = A footman's left thumb 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 footman footman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} One of the squire's big toes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1632-pg5615-part21:t9:o4:1 # text = One of the squire's big toes 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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