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title: why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse? — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse? Test 7 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 7 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tsarivna · **What happens:** go · **To what, where:** full meltdown

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t7:1
# text = why did the Tsarivna go full meltdown about that horse?
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	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	meltdown	meltdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | the Tsarivna | full meltdown |  |  |  | about that horse | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location meltdown=Theme |

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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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"Kill that horse before it kills my maidens and my father"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t7:o1:1
# text = "Kill that horse before it kills my maidens and my father"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Kill	kill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
7	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | Kill before horse | my maidens and my father |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme |

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

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"That horse will be my ruin"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t7:o2:1
# text = "That horse will be my ruin"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	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 horse | my ruin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"That horse will be my ruin, mark my words"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t7:o3:1
# text = "That horse will be my ruin, mark my words"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	mark	mark	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	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 horse | my ruin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mark** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | my words |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Destination |
| 3 | **word** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"That horse will bring trouble"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t7:o4:1
# text = "That horse will bring trouble"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | future | that horse | trouble |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme |

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