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title: the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild — Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge:… · tree and pragmatics
description: the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild Test 10 · ★ of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

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the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** roman guys, bridge · **What happens:** chop, be · **To what, where:** bridge

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 352 «Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the bridge alone and saves Rome from Porsena's army» 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/352-pg18442-part12/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t10:1
# text = the roman guys chopped the bridge so fast, it's wild
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	guys	guy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | the roman guys | the bridge |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | bridge |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |

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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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they chopped the posts until the walls began to crack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t10:o1:1
# text = they chopped the posts until the walls began to crack
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chopped	chop	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	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | they | the posts |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Patient |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the walls |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **crack** | to-infinitive | the walls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they lifted the stones until the carts began to move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t10:o2:1
# text = they lifted the stones until the carts began to move
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	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	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | they | the stones |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the carts |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **move** | to-infinitive | the carts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they cut the ropes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t10:o3:1
# text = they cut the ropes
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | present | they | the ropes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rope=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they chopped the beams until the bridge began to tremble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t10:o4:1
# text = they chopped the beams until the bridge began to tremble
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chopped	chop	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	beams	beam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	tremble	tremble	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | past | they | the beams |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Patient |
| 2 | **begin** | past | the bridge |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **tremble** | to-infinitive | the bridge *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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