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title: how'd Ring get up that cliff, lowkey? — Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56:… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd Ring get up that cliff, lowkey? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Norse Tales, Ring and Snati, part 56: trolls outwitted in…

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how'd Ring get up that cliff, lowkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ring, get up · **To what, where:** cliff

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t4:1
# text = how'd Ring get up that cliff, lowkey?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Ring	ring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get up** | infinitive |  | that cliff and lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cliff=Stimulus |

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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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riding on Snati's back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t4:o1:1
# text = riding on Snati's back
1	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Snati	Snati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | Snati's back |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snati dragged him up by the collar and tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t4:o2:1
# text = Snati dragged him up by the collar and tail
1	Snati	Snati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	collar	collar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag up** | past | Snati | him *= he* |  |  |  | by the collar and tail | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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climbing up Snati's neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t4:o3:1
# text = climbing up Snati's neck
1	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	Snati	Snati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb up** | gerund |  | Snati's neck |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location neck=Theme |

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

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hanging onto Snati's tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1732-pg640-part56:t4:o4:1
# text = hanging onto Snati's tail
1	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Snati	Snati	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | Snati's tail |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme onto tail=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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