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title: wait, why was the grandma so broke? — Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why was the grandma so broke? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a h…

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wait, why was the grandma so broke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** grandma

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1113 «Russian Tales, The Straw Ox: a clever old woman tricks a hungry bear with a tar-smeared straw ox» 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/1113-pg29672-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t2:1
# text = wait, why was the grandma so broke?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the grandma |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause every single kopek went on bread, like, zero savings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = cause every single kopek went on bread, like, zero savings
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kopek	kopek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  | zero savings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | every single kopek |  |  | bread |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bread=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause every single kopek went on bread and soup, and the old man gave the rest to the church, like, zero savings

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = cause every single kopek went on bread and soup, and the old man gave the rest to the church, like, zero savings
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kopek	kopek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
24	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
25	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  | zero savings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | every single kopek |  |  | bread and soup |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bread=Location |
| 3 | **give** | past | the old man | the rest | the church |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to church=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause they spent it all on fancy hats, like, duh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = cause they spent it all on fancy hats, like, duh
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	duh	duh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | cause | it |  |  |  | on fancy hats *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on hat=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause every single kopek went on bread and the rent for the hut, so they had nothing left, like, zero savings at all

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1113-pg29672-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = cause every single kopek went on bread and the rent for the hut, so they had nothing left, like, zero savings at all
1	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	kopek	kopek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
18	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	17	obj	_	_
19	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	24	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
23	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obl	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  | zero savings at all |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | every single kopek |  |  | bread and the rent for the hut |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bread=Location |
| 3 | **have** | past | bread | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 4 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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