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title: What became of the troll upon the destruction of the fish containing… — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: What became of the troll upon the destruction of the fish containing his heart, and of the bonds he had imposed? Exam question 4 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What became of the troll upon the destruction of the fish containing his heart, and of the bonds he had imposed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** become, contain, impose, destroy · **To what, where:** heart, fish

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1656 «Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, pays the king's debt, and wins the troll's heart» 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/1656-pg5615-part45/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e4:1
# text = What became of the troll upon the destruction of the fish containing his heart, and of the bonds he had imposed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the troll; upon the destruction of the fish | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **contain** | gerund | the fish *not said here* | fish's heart |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme |
| 3 | **impose** | past · perfect | fish |  |  |  |  | of the bonds | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **destroy** |  |  | the fish |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 -->
He fell dead and turned into flint, and his bonds were broken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e4:o1:1
# text = He fell dead and turned into flint, and his bonds were broken
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flint	flint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | flint |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flint=Trajectory |
| 3 | **break** | past · passive |  | his bonds |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **bond** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fell dead and turned into flint, and all the bonds and spells he had imposed were broken at once

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e4:o2:1
# text = He fell dead and turned into flint, and all the bonds and spells he had imposed were broken at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flint	flint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	spells	spell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | flint |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flint=Trajectory |
| 3 | **spell** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **impose** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **break** | past · passive |  | all bonds |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He begged for mercy, and the youth was forgiven his debt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e4:o3:1
# text = He begged for mercy, and the youth was forgiven his debt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | He |  |  |  |  | for mercy | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic |
| 2 | **forgive** | past · passive |  | the youth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He fell dead and turned into flint, and the bonds he had imposed on the youth were broken

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:e4:o4:1
# text = He fell dead and turned into flint, and the bonds he had imposed on the youth were broken
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	flint	flint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bonds	bond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | He |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | flint |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flint=Trajectory |
| 3 | **impose** | past · perfect | he | the bonds *not said here* |  | the youth |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bond=Theme |
| 4 | **break** | past · passive |  | the bonds |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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