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title: Why did she carry the nuts, like seriously? — Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince L… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did she carry the nuts, like seriously? Test 8 · ★ 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 question and of ea
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# Test 8 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, Prince Lindorm, part 54: the…

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Why did she carry the nuts, like seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** carry · **To what, where:** nuts

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t8:1
# text = Why did she carry the nuts, like seriously?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · do-support | she | the nuts |  |  |  | seriously *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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For her stepmother's wedding gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t8:o1:1
# text = For her stepmother's wedding gift
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** |  | her stepmother |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the old woman had told her they would give her magic help in the bridal chamber

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t8:o2:1
# text = Because the old woman had told her they would give her magic help in the bridal chamber
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the old woman | her *= she* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | would | they | woman's magic |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Theme |
| 3 | **help** | present |  |  |  | the bridal chamber |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos she'd crack one open if she ever got into serious trouble on the road

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t8:o3:1
# text = Cos she'd crack one open if she ever got into serious trouble on the road
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | would | she | one |  |  |  | open *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | she |  |  | serious trouble | ever | on the road | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Cos she'd break one when she was in deep trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1665-pg5615-part54:t8:o4:1
# text = Cos she'd break one when she was in deep trouble
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | would | she | one |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  | deep trouble |  |  | tree rules |

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