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title: Innit, what did Sigurd think of the stick, stone and twig? — Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Innit, what did Sigurd think of the stick, stone and twig? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 13 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

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Innit, what did Sigurd think of the stick, stone and twig?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sigurd · **What happens:** think

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 715 «Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three giantesses, then finds the horse Gullfaxi and the sword Gunnfjoder» 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/715-pg2435-part55/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t13:1
# text = Innit, what did Sigurd think of the stick, stone and twig?
1	Innit	Innit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Sigurd |  |  |  |  | of the stick and stone and twig; Innit *vocative* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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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Gifts the wise old giant left for the young prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t13:o1:1
# text = Gifts the wise old giant left for the young prince
1	Gifts	gift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** | present |  | the wise old giant |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent giant=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | the wise old giant *not said here* |  |  |  | for the young prince | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for prince=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Broken little tools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t13:o2:1
# text = Broken little tools
1	Broken	broken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Strange magic items he thought were fine and precious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t13:o3:1
# text = Strange magic items he thought were fine and precious
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | Strange magic items *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot item=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | Strange magic items |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Strange magic items *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Wretched dried-up things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t13:o4:1
# text = Wretched dried-up things
1	Wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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