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title: Ngl, what does the sword's writing promise? — Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what does the sword's writing promise? Test 8 · ★ 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 the question and 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Norse Tales, Prince Sigurd, part 55: Sigurd beats three gi…

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Ngl, what does the sword's writing promise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl, sword · **What happens:** do, promise · **To what, where:** writing promise

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t8:1
# text = Ngl, what does the sword's writing promise?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Ngl | the sword's writing promise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality |
| 2 | **promise** |  | the sword |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Happiness for the rider

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t8:o1:1
# text = Happiness for the rider
1	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Happiness for whoever rides the horse and wears the sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t8:o2:1
# text = Happiness for whoever rides the horse and wears the sword
1	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	nmod	_	_
4	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Happiness for whoever | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | present | Happiness for whoever *not said here* | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Safety for the warrior

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t8:o3:1
# text = Safety for the warrior
1	Safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Glory and great riches for all who fight with it in battle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:715-pg2435-part55:t8:o4:1
# text = Glory and great riches for all who fight with it in battle
1	Glory	glory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present |  |  |  | battle |  | with it | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with it=Co-Agent |

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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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