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title: bro, how did the magician even get involved? — Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgili… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, how did the magician even get involved? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

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bro, how did the magician even get involved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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/1814-pg641-part65/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t7:1
# text = bro, how did the magician even get involved?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	involved	involved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | involved *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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He arrived at court with a long list of demands and a small army of loyal followers from Spain

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t7:o1:1
# text = He arrived at court with a long list of demands and a small army of loyal followers from Spain
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	demands	demand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | He |  |  | court |  | with a long list of demands and a small army of loyal followers from Spain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | demands |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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He offered to sell his services to the emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t7:o2:1
# text = He offered to sell his services to the emperor
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his services | the emperor |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Theme to emperor=Recipient |
| 3 | **service** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had been summoned from Toledo by the emperor after the rumours of Virgilius's spells spread across the whole empire

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t7:o3:1
# text = He had been summoned from Toledo by the emperor after the rumours of Virgilius's spells spread across the whole empire
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	summoned	summon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rumours	rumour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
17	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
18	across	across	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past · perfect · passive | the emperor | He |  | Toledo |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **spread** | past | the rumours |  |  | the whole empire |  | of Virgilius's spells | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across empire=Destination |
| 3 | **spell** |  | Virgilius |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sought revenge on Virgilius's family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1814-pg641-part65:t7:o4:1
# text = He sought revenge on Virgilius's family
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | past | He | revenge |  | Virgilius's family |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on family=Location |

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