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title: Dude, why was Tremsin blubbing by his horse? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, why was Tremsin blubbing by his horse? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin w…

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Dude, why was Tremsin blubbing by his horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, Tremsin · **What happens:** be, blubb · **To what, where:** Tremsin

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1110 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Serpent's Wife, part 16: Tremsin wins the herd and the Nastasia's riddle, then a labourer's wife turns out to be a serpent» 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/1110-pg29672-part16/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t2:1
# text = Dude, why was Tremsin blubbing by his horse?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Tremsin	Tremsin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	blubbing	blubb	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Dude | Tremsin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blubb** | gerund | Tremsin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Tremsin's horse | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He had been told the nobleman would kill him if he failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t2:o1:1
# text = He had been told the nobleman would kill him if he failed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **kill** | would | the nobleman | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | nobleman |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The task was well impossible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t2:o2:1
# text = The task was well impossible
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	impossible	impossible	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 task |  |  |  |  | impossible, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had lost all his money gambling and had nowhere left to go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t2:o3:1
# text = He had lost all his money gambling and had nowhere left to go
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gambling	gambling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | He | his money gambling |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gambling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **gamble** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom gambling «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He lost his favourite horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1110-pg29672-part16:t2:o4:1
# text = He lost his favourite horse
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	favourite	favourite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | his favourite horse |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality |

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