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title: why'd Tell have a spare arrow in his coat? — Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd Tell have a spare arrow in his coat? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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 5 · ★ · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

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why'd Tell have a spare arrow in his coat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** tell, have · **To what, where:** spare arrow, coat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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/348-pg18442-part8/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:t5:1
# text = why'd Tell have a spare arrow in his coat?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present |  | a spare arrow |  | his coat |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient |

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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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for Gessler, in case he missed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:t5:o1:1
# text = for Gessler, in case he missed
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Gessler	Gessler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | Gessler | case *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer case=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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in case he got lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:t5:o2:1
# text = in case he got lost
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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for a rainy day trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:t5:o3:1
# text = for a rainy day trip
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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for Gessler, if he'd hurt his kid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:t5:o4:1
# text = for Gessler, if he'd hurt his kid
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Gessler	Gessler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | would | Gessler | Gessler's kid |  |  |  | for Gessler | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Patient |

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