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title: No way, he got stabbed for the king and lived? — Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahom… · tree and pragmatics
description: No way, he got stabbed for the king and lived? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

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No way, he got stabbed for the king and lived?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stab, live · **To what, where:** he

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» 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/1254-pg3282-part55/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1254-pg3282-part55:t5:1
# text = No way, he got stabbed for the king and lived?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | for the king; no way *obl:unmarked* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **live** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Yep, the dagger glanced off his ribs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1254-pg3282-part55:t5:o1:1
# text = Yep, the dagger glanced off his ribs
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	glanced	glance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ribs	rib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glance off** | past | the dagger | dagger's ribs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Yeah, the blade hit his breastbone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1254-pg3282-part55:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the blade hit his breastbone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	breastbone	breastbone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | the blade | blade's breastbone |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme breastbone=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nah, he died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1254-pg3282-part55:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, he died
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, he lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1254-pg3282-part55:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he lived
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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