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title: ngl the heifer did the flax, right? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the heifer did the flax, right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» 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 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl the heifer did the flax, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, heifer · **What happens:** ngl, do · **To what, where:** flax

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1115 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slippers are left behind and the search begins» 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/1115-pg29672-part21/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t1:1
# text = ngl the heifer did the flax, right?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | the heifer | the flax |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Eventuality |

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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 -->
Yeah, it spun and wove it while she slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it spun and wove it while she slept
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wove	weave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **weave** | past |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 3 | **sleep** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the old man spun it all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t1:o2:1
# text = Nah, the old man spun it all night
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | past | the old man | it |  |  | night |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it wove the cloth while she dozed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it wove the cloth while she dozed
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wove	weave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dozed	doze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | past | it | the cloth |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material cloth=Product |
| 2 | **doze** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the stepmother secretly came out at night and spun and wove the entire flax herself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t1:o4:1
# text = Nah, the stepmother secretly came out at night and spun and wove the entire flax herself
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	spun	spin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	wove	weave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | past | the stepmother |  |  |  | night | out, secretly *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **spin** | past | the stepmother *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **weave** | past | the stepmother *not said here* | the entire flax |  |  |  | stepmother *obl* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flax=Product |

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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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