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title: Bro, did the poor guy's wife even get paid back? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, did the poor guy's wife even get paid back? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: t…

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Bro, did the poor guy's wife even get paid back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** do, pay back · **To what, where:** wife

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1107 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Vampire and St Michael, part 13: the boy buys the holy image and is sent to the church» 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/1107-pg29672-part13/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t2:1
# text = Bro, did the poor guy's wife even get paid back?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Bro | the poor guy's wife |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pay back** | infinitive · passive | Bro *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the husband was already dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t2:o1:1
# text = nah, the husband was already dead
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the husband |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the husband had died a while back and she never saw a kopek from the rich guy

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t2:o2:1
# text = nah, the husband had died a while back and she never saw a kopek from the rich guy
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kopek	kopek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die back** | past · perfect | the husband |  |  |  | while |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **see** | past | she | a kopek |  | the rich guy |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kopek=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the husband was already dead and buried, so the rich man kept the rouble

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t2:o3:1
# text = nah, the husband was already dead and buried, so the rich man kept the rouble
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rouble	rouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the husband |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bury** | participle | the husband *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | past | the rich man | the rouble |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rouble=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the rouble went to the priest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1107-pg29672-part13:t2:o4:1
# text = nah, the rouble went to the priest
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rouble	rouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the rouble |  |  | the priest |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to priest=Initial\_Location |

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