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title: Why'd he bolt on his horse, anyway? — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd he bolt on his horse, anyway? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13…

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Why'd he bolt on his horse, anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** bolt

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 173 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles, part 13: robbed, a poor wood-cutter, finds a princess underground» 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/173-pg128-part13/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t3:1
# text = Why'd he bolt on his horse, anyway?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bolt	bolt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bolt** | would | he |  |  |  |  | on his horse; anyway *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on horse=Trajectory |

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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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cos there was no way he could win against that many blokes with swords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t3:o1:1
# text = cos there was no way he could win against that many blokes with swords
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	blokes	bloke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | cos |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | could | way | no way *not said here* |  |  |  | against many blokes; with swords | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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cos the horse was fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t3:o2:1
# text = cos the horse was fast
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

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

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cos fighting was pointless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t3:o3:1
# text = cos fighting was pointless
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	pointless	pointless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cos fighting |  |  |  |  | pointless *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos they outnumbered him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:173-pg128-part13:t3:o4:1
# text = cos they outnumbered him
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	outnumbered	outnumber	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outnumber** | past | cos | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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