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title: So he has to act like a total fool and smash stuff at the troll's pl… — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad… · tree and pragmatics
description: So he has to act like a total fool and smash stuff at the troll's place? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part…

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So he has to act like a total fool and smash stuff at the troll's place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** have, act · **To what, where:** place

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1655 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Lad and the Troll, part 44: the lad serves the troll as hare, raven and fish, and meets the troll's daughter» 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/1655-pg5615-part44/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t12:1
# text = So he has to act like a total fool and smash stuff at the troll's place?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	smash	smash	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | the troll's place |  | like a total fool and smash stuff | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like fool=Attribute |

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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 -->
Yeah, a total fool, smashing windows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, a total fool, smashing windows
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | gerund | a total fool *not said here* | windows |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he's chill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, he's chill
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	chill	chill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | chill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a total clown, breaking doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a total clown, breaking doors
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	clown	clown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, smash stuff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1655-pg5615-part44:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, smash stuff
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	smash	smash	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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