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title: what happened to the councillors after all that walking? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what happened to the councillors after all that walking? Test 11 · ★ 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 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

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what happened to the councillors after all that walking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** happen

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t11:1
# text = what happened to the councillors after all that walking?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	councillors	councillor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  | after all walking | to the councillors | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They were so tired they could barely move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t11:o1:1
# text = They were so tired they could barely move
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | could | they |  |  |  |  | barely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were tired and very hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t11:o2:1
# text = They were tired and very hungry
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They fell ill from the long cold journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t11:o3:1
# text = They fell ill from the long cold journey
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | They |  |  | the long cold journey |  | ill *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were so exhausted that they had to be carried back to the palace on carts by peasants

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t11:o4:1
# text = They were so exhausted that they had to be carried back to the palace on carts by peasants
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	carts	cart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	peasants	peasant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhaust** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **have** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **carry back** | to-infinitive · passive | peasants |  |  | carts |  | to the palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to palace=Destination |

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