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title: the cross bow never misses huh — Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the cross bow never misses huh Test 8 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro…

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the cross bow never misses huh

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cross bow · **What happens:** not miss

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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/667-pg2435-part7/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t8:1
# text = the cross bow never misses huh
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	huh	huh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **miss** | present | the cross bow |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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nah, the bolt misses what the eye sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t8:o1:1
# text = nah, the bolt misses what the eye sees
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | the bolt |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | present | the eye |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the arrow hits whatever it touches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t8:o2:1
# text = yep, the arrow hits whatever it touches
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	touches	touch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | the arrow |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **touch** | present | arrow | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme whatever=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the bolt hits whatever the eye sees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t8:o3:1
# text = yep, the bolt hits whatever the eye sees
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hits	hit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present | the bolt |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | the eye | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whatever=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it misses a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:t8:o4:1
# text = nah, it misses a lot
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	misses	miss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | present | it | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |

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