--- title: wait so the flute is literally snitching on them? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers… · tree and pragmatics description: wait so the flute is literally snitching on them? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol… wait so the flute is literally snitching on them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, flute · **What happens:** wait, snitch This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1117 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the golden apples, and a flute tells the truth about a murder» 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/1117-pg29672-part23/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t3:1 # text = wait so the flute is literally snitching on them? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 literally literally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 snitching snitch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **snitch** *speech: other* | present · progressive | the flute | | | | | on them *= they*; literally *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} nope it just plays music ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t3:o1:1 # text = nope it just plays music 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 plays play VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | it | music | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah it sings the whole story out loud to everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t3:o2:1 # text = yeah it sings the whole story out loud to everyone 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 loud loud ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | the whole story | everyone | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to everyone=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah it sings all the facts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t3:o3:1 # text = yeah it sings all the facts 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | all facts | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fact=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah it sings the whole truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t3:o4:1 # text = yeah it sings the whole truth 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sings sing VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | it | the whole truth | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location truth=Theme | **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. 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