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title: Bruh, she tried to stab him, right? — Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the fro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, she tried to stab him, right? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 6 · ★ · Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest,…

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Bruh, she tried to stab him, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** try, stab · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» 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/892-pg27200-part103/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:t6:1
# text = Bruh, she tried to stab him, right?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stab	stab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **stab** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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}

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Nah, she gave him a massive hug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, she gave him a massive hug
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hug	hug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | she | a massive hug | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient hug=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, she sang him a song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:t6:o2:1
# text = Nah, she sang him a song
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | she | a song | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary song=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nah, she handed him some bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:t6:o3:1
# text = Nah, she handed him some bread
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | she | some bread | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bread=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, she charged at him with her knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she charged at him with her knife
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | past | she |  |  |  |  | at him *= he*; with her knife | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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