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title: Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib? — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

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Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Deadass, fool · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** fool, crib

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t4:1
# text = Deadass, what was the fool doing at the troll's crib?
1	Deadass	Deadass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	crib	crib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Deadass | the fool |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | the fool *not said here* |  |  | the troll's crib |  |  | 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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smashing the glass windows and doors and then dancing in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t4:o1:1
# text = smashing the glass windows and doors and then dancing in the hall
1	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | gerund |  | the glass windows and doors |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme |
| 2 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  | the hall | then |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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stealing the troll's treasure chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t4:o2:1
# text = stealing the troll's treasure chest
1	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | gerund |  | the troll's treasure chest |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chest=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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smashing the glass windows and doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t4:o3:1
# text = smashing the glass windows and doors
1	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | gerund |  | the glass windows and doors |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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smashing the glass windows and doors and then chasing the guards out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t4:o4:1
# text = smashing the glass windows and doors and then chasing the guards out
1	smashing	smash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smash** | gerund |  | the glass windows and doors |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme |
| 2 | **chase out** | gerund |  | the guards |  |  | then | out *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme |

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