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title: Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.» Put him right. — Psalms and Proverbs · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.» Put him right. Test 2 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · Psalms and Proverbs

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Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.» Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Josh, God, you · **What happens:** say, be, put · **To what, where:** throne, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Psalms and Proverbs» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/11-psalms-and-proverbs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:1
# text = Josh: «Psalm 23 says God is like a king on a throne.»
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	23	23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Josh |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | God |  |  | a throne |  | like a king | tree rules |

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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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | God |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It pictures God as a soldier who fights wars for his people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:o1:1
# text = It pictures God as a soldier who fights wars for his people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fights	fight	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | a soldier | wars |  |  |  | for God's people | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It pictures God as a fisherman with a net

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:o2:1
# text = It pictures God as a fisherman with a net
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It pictures God as a judge in a court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:o3:1
# text = It pictures God as a judge in a court
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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It pictures God as a shepherd who leads and protects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:11-psalms-and-proverbs:t2:o4:1
# text = It pictures God as a shepherd who leads and protects
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | a shepherd |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **protect** | present | a shepherd *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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