--- title: did the brothers all just play it straight away? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers… · tree and pragmatics description: did the brothers all just play it straight away? Test 7 · ★ 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 e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1117-pg29672-part23/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Three Brothers: a hog eats the gol… did the brothers all just play it straight away? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, play · **To what, where:** brothers, it This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t7:1 # text = did the brothers all just play it straight away? 1 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 play play VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | you *not said here* | the brothers | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality | | 2 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | all, away *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} nope they had to be forced ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t7:o1:1 # text = nope they had to be forced 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **force** | to-infinitive · passive | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} nope the brothers only played it after a long argument with their dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t7:o2:1 # text = nope the brothers only played it after a long argument with their dad 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | the brothers | it | | | after a long argument with brothers's dad | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} nope they had to be forced by their father each time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t7:o3:1 # text = nope they had to be forced by their father each time 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **force** | to-infinitive · passive | their father | | | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} yep they did right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1117-pg29672-part23:t7:o4:1 # text = yep they did right away 1 yep yep INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | they | | | | | away *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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