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title: Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword? — Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** beat · **To what, where:** eleven robbers

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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/684-pg2435-part24/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t6:1
# text = Lol, how'd the prince even beat the eleven robbers with just a sword?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	beat	beat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | past | the prince | the eleven robbers |  |  |  | with a sword | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent robber=Patient with sword=Instrument |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He used a trick to make them fall into the ditch and then cut each one down fast

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t6:o1:1
# text = He used a trick to make them fall into the ditch and then cut each one down fast
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	down	down	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
18	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | He | a trick |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the ditch *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into ditch=Result |
| 4 | **cut down** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | each one |  |  | then | down, fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stood by the ditch and cut each robber down as soon as they leapt over it

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t6:o2:1
# text = He stood by the ditch and cut each robber down as soon as they leapt over it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	leapt	leapt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | He |  |  |  |  | by the ditch | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ditch=Location |
| 2 | **cut down** | infinitive | He *not said here* | each robber |  |  |  | down, soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset robber=Product |
| 3 | **leapt** | present | they |  |  | robber |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He cut each one down as they jumped the ditch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t6:o3:1
# text = He cut each one down as they jumped the ditch
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** | past | He | each one |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |
| 2 | **jump** | past | they | the ditch |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ditch=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He cut each one down as they jumped the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:684-pg2435-part24:t6:o4:1
# text = He cut each one down as they jumped the wall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** | past | He | each one |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |
| 2 | **jump** | past | they | the wall |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory |

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