--- title: nah, what did he offer the devil first? — Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novish… · tree and pragmatics description: nah, what did he offer the devil first? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1102-pg29672-part8/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Little Tsar Novishny, part 8: the Tsar… nah, what did he offer the devil first? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** offer · **To what, where:** devil This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t5:1 # text = nah, what did he offer the devil first? 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 devil devil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | he | the devil | | | | first *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal devil=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} His seven oxen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t5:o1:1 # text = His seven oxen 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His eight horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t5:o2:1 # text = His eight horses 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} His eight finest horses and his silver saddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t5:o3:1 # text = His eight finest horses and his silver saddle 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} His eight horses and all his grain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1102-pg29672-part8:t5:o4:1 # text = His eight horses and all his grain 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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