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title: how's the king supposed to survive the chestnut horse?? — Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King… · tree and pragmatics
description: how's the king supposed to survive the chestnut horse?? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 7 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how's the king supposed to survive the chestnut horse??

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** suppose, survive · **To what, where:** chestnut horse

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with 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/1482-pg503-part69/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t7:1
# text = how's the king supposed to survive the chestnut horse??
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	survive	survive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** | present · passive | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **survive** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the chestnut horse |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme horse=Circumstance |

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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 -->
somebody just needs to shoot that horse dead with the pistol before it grabs him, obviously

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t7:o1:1
# text = somebody just needs to shoot that horse dead with the pistol before it grabs him, obviously
1	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shoot	shoot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
17	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | somebody |  |  |  |  | obviously *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **shoot** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | somebody *not said here* | that horse |  |  |  | with the pistol; dead *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with pistol=Instrument |
| 3 | **grab** | present | horse | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
you hide the King in the cabin, easy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t7:o2:1
# text = you hide the King in the cabin, easy
1	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | you | the King |  | the cabin |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent king=Patient in cabin=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
someone shoots it dead with the pistol, simple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t7:o3:1
# text = someone shoots it dead with the pistol, simple
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shoots	shoot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | present | someone | it |  |  |  | with the pistol; dead *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with pistol=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
someone cuts the reins and runs it off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1482-pg503-part69:t7:o4:1
# text = someone cuts the reins and runs it off
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | someone | the reins |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Product |
| 2 | **run off** | present | someone *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

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