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title: romans were so grateful, it's giving main character energy — Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge:… · tree and pragmatics
description: romans were so grateful, it's giving main character energy Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Tales of Rome, Horatius at the Bridge: Horatius holds the…

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romans were so grateful, it's giving main character energy

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** romans, it · **What happens:** be, give · **To what, where:** main character energy

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t9:1
# text = romans were so grateful, it's giving main character energy
1	romans	roman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | romans |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present · progressive | it | main character energy |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=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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they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city from the great army of Porsena

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t9:o1:1
# text = they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city from the great army of Porsena
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horatius	horatius	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Porsena	Porsena	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | they | horatius land and a statue |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | they *not said here* | the city |  | the great army of Porsena |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent city=Theme from army=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t9:o2:1
# text = they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horatius	horatius	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | they | horatius land and a statue |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | they *not said here* | the city |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city and his friends at the bridge

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t9:o3:1
# text = they gave horatius land and a statue for saving the city and his friends at the bridge
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horatius	horatius	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | they | horatius land and a statue |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | they *not said here* | the city and his friends |  | the bridge |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent city=Theme at bridge=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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they gave horatius money and a new house for his work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:352-pg18442-part12:t9:o4:1
# text = they gave horatius money and a new house for his work
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horatius	horatius	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | they | horatius money and a new house |  |  |  | for his work | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent money=Theme for work=Asset |
| 2 | **work** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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