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title: lol so the horse is the big danger, yeah? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol so the horse is the big danger, yeah? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol so the horse is the big danger, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big danger

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» 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/115-pg11027-part18/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t6:1
# text = lol so the horse is the big danger, yeah?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the big danger |  |  |  | so the horse | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, shoot the horse dead with the firearms and then the King is saved from the water

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t6:o1:1
# text = yeah, shoot the horse dead with the firearms and then the King is saved from the water
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	firearms	firearm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | imperative | you *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | present · passive |  | the King |  | the water | then |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from water=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, shoot it dead and he's saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t6:o2:1
# text = yeah, shoot it dead and he's saved
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	shoot	shoot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | present |  | it |  |  |  | dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, just let the horse run away into the hills, that won't do anything bad at all

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t6:o3:1
# text = nah, just let the horse run away into the hills, that won't do anything bad at all
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
14	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	_
18	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run away** | present | the horse |  |  |  |  | into the hills *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hill=Result |
| 3 | **not** **do** | future | you *not said here* | that |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, cut its reins and he's safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:115-pg11027-part18:t6:o4:1
# text = yeah, cut its reins and he's safe
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | imperative | you *not said here* | its reins |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rein=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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