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title: Bruh, what's a rune even? — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, what's a rune even? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruh, what's a rune even?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** rune

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t4:1
# text = Bruh, what's a rune even?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rune	rune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a rune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Old carved letters, lowkey wild, used by the Vikings for magic and for marking graves, bro

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t4:o1:1
# text = Old carved letters, lowkey wild, used by the Vikings for magic and for marking graves, bro
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	marking	marking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for magic and marking graves | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like ancient writing on stones that the monks copied down for the convent library, fam, honestly

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t4:o2:1
# text = Like ancient writing on stones that the monks copied down for the convent library, fam, honestly
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
9	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **monk** |  | that |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **copy down** | participle |  | the monks *not said here* |  |  |  | for the convent library and fam | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A weird old coin from the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t4:o3:1
# text = A weird old coin from the north
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Old carved letters, lowkey wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:t4:o4:1
# text = Old carved letters, lowkey wild
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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