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title: which maiden, like, actually stuck up for the horse? — Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossac… · tree and pragmatics
description: which maiden, like, actually stuck up for the horse? Test 8 · ★ 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 question
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Daniel the Cossack, part 18: Daniel i…

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which maiden, like, actually stuck up for the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stick up

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t8:1
# text = which maiden, like, actually stuck up for the horse?
1	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for the horse; actually *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the kind old nurse who had raised the Tsar's children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = the kind old nurse who had raised the Tsar's children
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past · perfect · passive |  | the kind old nurse |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme child=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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one of the cooks of the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = one of the cooks of the palace
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cooks	cook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one of the maidens of the court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = one of the maidens of the court
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the youngest maiden who served the Tsarivna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1112-pg29672-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = the youngest maiden who served the Tsarivna
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Tsarivna	Tsarivna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | the youngest maiden | the Tsarivna |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsarivna=Attribute |

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