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title: bruh, what even is the magic willow? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, what even is the magic willow? Test 2 · ★ 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 2 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Heifer, part 21: the golden slipp…

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bruh, what even is the magic willow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** magic willow

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t2:1
# text = bruh, what even is the magic willow?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the magic willow |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Just a normal old tree the heifer hid behind in the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t2:o1:1
# text = Just a normal old tree the heifer hid behind in the field
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide behind** | past | the heifer | a normal old tree |  | the field |  | behind *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A tree that gives her what she asks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t2:o2:1
# text = A tree that gives her what she asks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a tree |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tree that scares off the stepmother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t2:o3:1
# text = A tree that scares off the stepmother
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare off** | present | a tree | the stepmother |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stepmother=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hazel bush that hides the girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1115-pg29672-part21:t2:o4:1
# text = A hazel bush that hides the girl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hazel	hazel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | a hazel bush | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |

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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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