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title: Bro, how'd the eagle hit the ground? — Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, how'd the eagle hit the ground? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

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Bro, how'd the eagle hit the ground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** hit · **To what, where:** ground

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the 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/1271-pg338-part8/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:t9:1
# text = Bro, how'd the eagle hit the ground?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | would | Bro | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-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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spun to the ground slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:t9:o1:1
# text = spun to the ground slowly
1	spun	spin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | participle |  |  |  | the ground |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to ground=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
crashed into the tall grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:t9:o2:1
# text = crashed into the tall grass
1	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past |  |  |  |  |  | into the tall grass *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into grass=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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tumbled from the great height

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:t9:o3:1
# text = tumbled from the great height
1	tumbled	tumble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tumble** | participle |  |  |  | the great height |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from height=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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it fell from way up high after the arrow went through its breast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:t9:o4:1
# text = it fell from way up high after the arrow went through its breast
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | it |  |  | way |  | high *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from way=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **go** | past | the arrow |  |  | arrow's breast |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through breast=Initial\_Location |

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