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title: that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr — Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge:… · tree and pragmatics
description: that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr Test 14 · ★ 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
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# Test 14 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

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that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sword thing, thing · **What happens:** be

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t14:1
# text = that whole sword thing was dramatic, it's like a horror movie fr
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	movie	movie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that sword thing |  |  |  |  | dramatic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | thing |  |  |  |  | like a movie fr | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t14:o1:1
# text = the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | the sword *not said here* |  |  |  | by a single hair | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hair=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | could | the sword |  |  |  | moment |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the knife hung over the table and could fall at any second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t14:o2:1
# text = the knife hung over the table and could fall at any second
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | the knife |  |  | the table |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over table=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | could | the knife *not said here* |  |  |  | second |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the sword dangled by a thread over his head at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t14:o3:1
# text = the sword dangled by a thread over his head at the feast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	dangled	dangle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dangle** | participle |  | the sword *not said here* |  | the feast |  | by a thread over his head | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by thread=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment onto the king's guest below

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t14:o4:1
# text = the sword hung by a single hair and could fall any moment onto the king's guest below
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	below	below	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | the sword *not said here* |  |  |  | by a single hair | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by hair=Location |
| 2 | **fall** | could | the sword |  |  |  | moment | onto the king's guest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto guest=Initial\_Location |

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