--- title: Why did the Huns cause trouble even where they did not go? — Rome: the fall of the West and what Ro… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the Huns cause trouble even where they did not go? Test 6 · ★★ 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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Rome: the fall of the West and what Rome left us Why did the Huns cause trouble even where they did not go? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Huns · **What happens:** cause, not go · **To what, where:** trouble This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t6:1 # text = Why did the Huns cause trouble even where they did not go? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Huns Hun PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present | the Huns | trouble | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient | | 2 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | Huns *= hun* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They pushed other peoples into Roman lands ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t6:o1:1 # text = They pushed other peoples into Roman lands 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Roman roman ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | past | They | other peoples | | Roman lands | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into land=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} They stopped all trade with China ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t6:o2:1 # text = They stopped all trade with China 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 4 trade trade VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | They | | | | | with China | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **trade** | present | all | | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They built tall walls everywhere they could find stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t6:o3:1 # text = They built tall walls everywhere they could find stone 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 2 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past | They | tall walls | | | | everywhere *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product | | 2 | **find** | could | walls *= wall* | stone | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} They sailed up every river ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us:t6:o4:1 # text = They sailed up every river 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail up** | past | They | every river | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme river=Trajectory | **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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