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title: Wait, why did Owen's horse get stuck, innit? — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did Owen's horse get stuck, innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 2 · ★ · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, why did Owen's horse get stuck, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, horse · **What happens:** wait, do, get, innit

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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/1325-pg3454-part50/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:t2:1
# text = Wait, why did Owen's horse get stuck, innit?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | present | Owen's horse |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **innit** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The drawbridge came up in the middle of it and trapped him there all night

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:t2:o1:1
# text = The drawbridge came up in the middle of it and trapped him there all night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | the drawbridge |  |  | the middle of middle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |
| 2 | **trap** | participle | the drawbridge *not said here* | drawbridge |  | there | night |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The drawbridge came up in the middle of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:t2:o2:1
# text = The drawbridge came up in the middle of it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | the drawbridge |  |  | the middle of middle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bridge dropped on the horse's leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:t2:o3:1
# text = The bridge dropped on the horse's leg
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | participle |  | the bridge *not said here* |  | the horse's leg |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The drawbridge came up in the middle of it, so the castle men could rush him

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:t2:o4:1
# text = The drawbridge came up in the middle of it, so the castle men could rush him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past | the drawbridge |  |  | the middle of middle |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |
| 2 | **rush** | could | the castle men | drawbridge |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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