--- title: what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude? — Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56:… · tree and pragmatics description: what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1732 «Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in the cave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1732-pg640-part56/t12/) [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, Ring and Snati, part 56:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1732-pg640-part56/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in… what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ring · **What happens:** do This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1732 «Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in the cave» 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/1732-pg640-part56/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t12:1 # text = what did Ring and Snati do to the old troll dude? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Snati Snati PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Ring and Snati | | | | | to the old troll dude | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} chased him around the cave and then chucked him in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t12:o1:1 # text = chased him around the cave and then chucked him in the river 1 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 around around ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past | | him *= he* | | the cave | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme around cave=Trajectory | | 2 | **chuck** | past | | him *= he* | | the river | then | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in river=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} tied him to a rock and threw him into the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t12:o2:1 # text = tied him to a rock and threw him into the river 1 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tie** | past | | him *= he* | | | | to a rock | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient to rock=Co-Patient | | 2 | **throw** | past | | him *= he* | | | | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into river=Result | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} chucked him in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t12:o3:1 # text = chucked him in the river 1 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past | | him *= he* | | the river | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in river=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} drowned him in the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t12:o4:1 # text = drowned him in the stream 1 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | past | | him *= he* | | the stream | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | **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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