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title: why did the Tsarivna want the cherry-tree chopped down? — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the Tsarivna want the cherry-tree chopped down? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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why did the Tsarivna want the cherry-tree chopped down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tsarivna · **What happens:** want, chop down · **To what, where:** cherry tree

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1112 «Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel is betrayed, turned into a horse, and returns as a drake-man» 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/1112-pg29672-part18/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t11:1
# text = why did the Tsarivna want the cherry-tree chopped down?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Tsarivna	Tsarivna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past · do-support | the Tsarivna | the cherry tree |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tree=Theme |
| 2 | **chop down** | participle |  | the cherry tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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"That tree will be my ruin"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t11:o1:1
# text = "That tree will be my ruin"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ruin	ruin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | that tree | my ruin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"It is too tall"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t11:o2:1
# text = "It is too tall"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"It shades my window"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t11:o3:1
# text = "It shades my window"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shades	shade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shade** *in a quote* | present | It | my window |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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"This tree blocks my garden"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t11:o4:1
# text = "This tree blocks my garden"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** *in a quote* | present | this tree | my garden |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer garden=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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