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title: bro, the judges wanted a rope that hit the ground, right? — Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an o… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, the judges wanted a rope that hit the ground, right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 6 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, the judges wanted a rope that hit the ground, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judges, rope · **What happens:** want, hit · **To what, where:** rope, ground

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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/349-pg18442-part9/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t6:1
# text = bro, the judges wanted a rope that hit the ground, right?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the judges | a rope |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rope=Theme |
| 2 | **hit** | past | a rope | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-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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no, for the tall men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t6:o1:1
# text = no, for the tall men
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, for the bell tower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t6:o2:1
# text = yes, for the bell tower
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, for the smallest child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t6:o3:1
# text = yes, for the smallest child
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	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 {#o4}

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yes, because the smallest child needs to be able to reach it from the ground

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:349-pg18442-part9:t6:o4:1
# text = yes, because the smallest child needs to be able to reach it from the ground
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	smallest	small	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | the smallest child |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the smallest child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | the smallest child *not said here* | child |  | the ground |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from ground=Source |

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