--- title: Why'd the crowd in Rome go soft on him? — Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why'd the crowd in Rome go soft on him? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/351-pg18442-part11/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/351-pg18442-part11/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befri… Why'd the crowd in Rome go soft on him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crowd · **What happens:** go This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 351 «Roman Tales, Androclus and the Lion: a runaway slave befriends a lion and wins his freedom in Rome» 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/351-pg18442-part11/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t9:1 # text = Why'd the crowd in Rome go soft on him? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | would | the crowd in Rome | | | | | soft *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They saw the lion lick his feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t9:o1:1 # text = They saw the lion lick his feet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 lick lick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | They | the lion | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lick** | infinitive | the lion *not said here* | lion's feet | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent foot=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} The emperor sent word that he should be spared because the lion had saved a Roman life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t9:o2:1 # text = The emperor sent word that he should be spared because the lion had saved a Roman life 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the emperor | word | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **spare** | should · passive | | word | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset | | 3 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the lion | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They got bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t9:o3:1 # text = They got bored 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | | | | | bored *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} They saw the emperor's order ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:351-pg18442-part11:t9:o4:1 # text = They saw the emperor's order 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | They | the emperor's order | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer order=Stimulus | | 2 | **order** | | the emperor | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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