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title: Peak moment, what happened when he split the fish open? — Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the yo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Peak moment, what happened when he split the fish open? Test 7 · ★ 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 e
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# Test 7 · ★ · Norse Tales, The Troll's Heart: the youth frees himself, p…

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Peak moment, what happened when he split the fish open?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peak moment, he · **What happens:** happen, split · **To what, where:** fish

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t7:1
# text = Peak moment, what happened when he split the fish open?
1	Peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | Peak moment |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **split** | past | he | the fish |  |  |  | open *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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}

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the troll dropped dead and turned to flint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t7:o1:1
# text = the troll dropped dead and turned to flint
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flint	flint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the troll |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **turn** | past | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **flint** | to-infinitive | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the troll screamed and disappeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t7:o2:1
# text = the troll screamed and disappeared
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **disappear** | past | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the troll dropped dead on the spot and his whole body turned to hard grey flint

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t7:o3:1
# text = the troll dropped dead on the spot and his whole body turned to hard grey flint
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	flint	flint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | the troll |  |  | the spot |  | dead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on spot=Trajectory |
| 2 | **turn** | past | troll's whole body |  |  | hard grey flint |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to flint=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the troll howled and sank into the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1656-pg5615-part45:t7:o4:1
# text = the troll howled and sank into the ground
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	howled	howl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** | past | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sink** | past | the troll *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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