--- title: An empire is too big for one ruler. What did Rome do? — Rome: the fall of the West and what Ro… · tree and pragmatics description: An empire is too big for one ruler. What did Rome do? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Rome: the fall of the West and what Rome left us» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Rome: the fall of the West and what Ro…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Rome: the fall of the West and what Rome left us An empire is too big for one ruler. What did Rome do? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** empire, Rome · **What happens:** be, do This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Rome: the fall of the West and what Rome left us» of the history 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/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An empire is too big for one ruler. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:1 # text = An empire is too big for one ruler. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a empire | | | | | for one ruler; big *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What did Rome do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:2 # text = What did Rome do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Rome | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Elected two hundred emperors ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:o1:1 # text = Elected two hundred emperors 1 Elected elect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 emperors emperor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elect** | participle | | hundred emperors | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Split into an eastern and a western half ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:o2:1 # text = Split into an eastern and a western half 1 Split split VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 western western ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | into a eastern and a western half *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into eastern=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gave up all its land and went back to seven hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:o3:1 # text = Gave up all its land and went back to seven hills 1 Gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | | its land | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Source | | 2 | **go back** | past | | | | | | to seven hills *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hill=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Moved everyone to Rome ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t10:o4:1 # text = Moved everyone to Rome 1 Moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | | everyone | Rome | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme to rome=Result | **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. 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