--- title: Ngl, what did the Dog say when the door opened? — Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar… · tree and pragmatics description: Ngl, what did the Dog say when the door opened? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1731-pg640-part55/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1731-pg640-part55/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, th… Ngl, what did the Dog say when the door opened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dog · **What happens:** say, open · **To what, where:** door · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» 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/1731-pg640-part55/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t8:1 # text = Ngl, what did the Dog say when the door opened? 1 Ngl Ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Dog | | | | | Ngl *vocative* | tree rules | | 2 | **open** | participle · passive | | the door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} "Welcome home, Ring." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t8:o1:1 # text = "Welcome home, Ring." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "Choose me, Prince Ring, for I am the best." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t8:o2:1 # text = "Choose me, Prince Ring, for I am the best." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Prince Ring | me | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary ring=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Choose me, Prince Ring." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t8:o3:1 # text = "Choose me, Prince Ring." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Prince Ring | me | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary ring=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} "Choose me, Prince Ring, and I will never leave your side." ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:t8:o4:1 # text = "Choose me, Prince Ring, and I will never leave your side." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | Prince Ring *obl* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **not** **leave** *in a quote* | future | I | your side | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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