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title: bruv, why did John shoot that horse, was he mental? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, why did John shoot that horse, was he mental? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…

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bruv, why did John shoot that horse, was he mental?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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/1483-pg503-part70/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t1:1
# text = bruv, why did John shoot that horse, was he mental?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	shoot	shoot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | bruv and John shoot and that horse |  |  |  |  | mental *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He saved the King from a trap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t1:o1:1
# text = He saved the King from a trap
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saved	save	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	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | He | the King |  | a trap |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent king=Theme from trap=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because the ravens told him the horse would carry the poisoned bridal shirt to the King

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t1:o2:1
# text = Because the ravens told him the horse would carry the poisoned bridal shirt to the King
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ravens	raven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
12	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the ravens |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry** | would | the horse | the poisoned bridal shirt | the King |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme to king=Destination |
| 3 | **poison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had been ordered by the Queen to kill it so she could marry another man quickly

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t1:o3:1
# text = He had been ordered by the Queen to kill it so she could marry another man quickly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
15	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past · perfect · passive | the Queen | He |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | could | she | another man |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wanted to stop the ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1483-pg503-part70:t1:o4:1
# text = He wanted to stop the ride
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the ride |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ride=Eventuality |

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