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title: Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 14 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

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Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lindorm · **What happens:** be, stick · **To what, where:** lindorm

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1665 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the maiden breaks the lindorm's spell and the prince is freed» 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/1665-pg5615-part54/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t14:1
# text = Why was the lindorm stuck as a monster so long, anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	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** | past | the lindorm |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stick** | participle |  | the lindorm *not said here* |  |  |  | as a monster; long *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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 {#o1}

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A jealous sister's cruel plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t14:o1:1
# text = A jealous sister's cruel plan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** |  | a jealous sister |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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An old woman's onion mix-up turned him into a lindorm for many years

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t14:o2:1
# text = An old woman's onion mix-up turned him into a lindorm for many years
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lindorm	lindorm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **up** |  | onion |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | past | a old woman's mix up | onion |  | a lindorm | year |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into lindorm=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An old woman's onion mix-up left him cursed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t14:o3:1
# text = An old woman's onion mix-up left him cursed
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **up** |  | onion |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | past | a old woman's mix up | onion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **curse** | participle | onion *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cursed onion mix-up that an old woman made in the kitchen of the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t14:o4:1
# text = A cursed onion mix-up that an old woman made in the kitchen of the castle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
3	onion	onion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	mix	mix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | participle | a cursed mix up |  |  | the kitchen of the castle |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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