--- title: he forgot to cross himself, didn't he? so what happened? — Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novish… · tree and pragmatics description: he forgot to cross himself, didn't he? so what happened? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1102-pg29672-part8/t4/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novish…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1102-pg29672-part8/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar… he forgot to cross himself, didn't he? so what happened? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** forget, not cross, not do, happen · **To what, where:** himself This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1102 «Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar promises Satan what awaits him at home, and the children are hidden in a ditch» 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/1102-pg29672-part8/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t4:1 # text = he forgot to cross himself, didn't he? so what happened? 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **cross** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | himself *= he* | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | he | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#o1} The devil came out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t4:o1:1 # text = The devil came out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | the devil | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Satan could grab him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t4:o2:1 # text = Satan could grab him 1 Satan Satan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | could | Satan | him *= he* | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The serpent bit him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t4:o3:1 # text = The serpent bit him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | the serpent | him *= he* | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The Accursed One grabbed him by the beard and held him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t4:o4:1 # text = The Accursed One grabbed him by the beard and held him 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Accursed accurs VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 grabbed grab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accurs** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **grab** | past | the Accursed One | him *= he* | | | | by the beard | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | past | the Accursed One *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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