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title: What did the knife do to the horses when he held it up? — Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the knife do to the horses when he held it up? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 12 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi…

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What did the knife do to the horses when he held it up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** knife, he · **What happens:** do, hold up · **To what, where:** knife

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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/1784-pg641-part35/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t12:1
# text = What did the knife do to the horses when he held it up?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	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	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the knife |  |  |  |  | to the horses | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hold up** | past | he | knife |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |

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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}

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Scared them all away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t12:o1:1
# text = Scared them all away
1	Scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Made them kneel down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t12:o2:1
# text = Made them kneel down
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	kneel	kneel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kneel down** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Made them all bow down to him in the meadow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t12:o3:1
# text = Made them all bow down to him in the meadow
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	bow	bow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the meadow |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
| 2 | **bow down** | present |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Made them bow down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:t12:o4:1
# text = Made them bow down
1	Made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bow down** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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