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title: how'd the king get back on the black horse, like, seriously? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light… · tree and pragmatics
description: how'd the king get back on the black horse, like, seriously? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how'd the king get back on the black horse, like, seriously?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** get back

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1289 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sword of Light, part 14: the king loses the last game and rides off to steal the sword» 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/1289-pg3454-part14/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t7:1
# text = how'd the king get back on the black horse, like, seriously?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | present | the king |  |  |  |  | on the black horse; seriously *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on horse=Source |

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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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he flew straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t7:o1:1
# text = he flew straight up
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he grabbed the mane and pulled up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t7:o2:1
# text = he grabbed the mane and pulled up
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mane	mane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | the mane |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mane=Theme |
| 2 | **pull up** | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he rode it by the tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t7:o3:1
# text = he rode it by the tail
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | he | it |  |  |  | by the tail | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the queen lifted him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1289-pg3454-part14:t7:o4:1
# text = the queen lifted him up
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift up** | past | the queen | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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