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title: ★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Hum… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again." In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme? Test 2 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 2 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

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★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again." In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** horses · **What happens:** not put, do · **To what, where:** Humpty, men, accent

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This is test 2 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» of the English 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/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:1
# text = ★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again."
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
16	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
17	Could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
20	Humpty	Humpty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	together	together	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
22	again	again	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **put** *in a quote* | could | the king's horses and all king's men |  | Humpty |  | again | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent humpty=Goal |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:2
# text = In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | men and rhyme |  | which accent |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only when you whisper the poem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:o1:1
# text = Only when you whisper the poem
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	whisper	whisper	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | you | the poem |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |

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

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One where "again" sounds like "a-gen"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:o2:1
# text = One where "again" sounds like "a-gen"
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present |  |  |  |  | again | like a gen | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One where "men" sounds like "moon"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:o3:1
# text = One where "men" sounds like "moon"
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | men |  |  |  |  | like moon | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No accent at all, they never rhyme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t2:o4:1
# text = No accent at all, they never rhyme
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rhyme** | present | they | no accent at all *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Patient |

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