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title: what did the rich dude threaten, like a boss move? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the rich dude threaten, like a boss move? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother:…

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what did the rich dude threaten, like a boss move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich dude · **What happens:** threaten

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1101 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Rich Brother and the Poor Brother: the henchmen in the drum settle the quarrel» 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/1101-pg29672-part7/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t7:1
# text = what did the rich dude threaten, like a boss move?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threaten** | past · do-support | the rich dude |  |  |  |  | like a boss move | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer |

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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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throw the poor bro in a pit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t7:o1:1
# text = throw the poor bro in a pit
1	throw	throw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poor bro |  | a pit |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bro=Theme in pit=Destination |

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

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hang the poor bro on a gallows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t7:o2:1
# text = hang the poor bro on a gallows
1	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poor bro |  | a gallows |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bro=Theme on gallows=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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hang the poor bro on a gallows, no mercy, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t7:o3:1
# text = hang the poor bro on a gallows, no mercy, bro
1	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poor bro |  | a gallows and no mercy |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bro=Theme on gallows=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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hang the poor bro on a gallows right in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1101-pg29672-part7:t7:o4:1
# text = hang the poor bro on a gallows right in the square
1	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poor bro |  | a gallows |  | right *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bro=Theme on gallows=Destination |

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