--- title: wait, what did ivan's wife tell him to cut down for the hut? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did ivan's wife tell him to cut down for the hut? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/t8/) [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 Story of Ivan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1119-pg29672-part25/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of… wait, what did ivan's wife tell him to cut down for the hut? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wife · **What happens:** wait, tell, cut down · **To what, where:** ivan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1119 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun, part 1: Ivan buys incense, chooses a wife, and builds a hut» 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/1119-pg29672-part25/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t8:1 # text = wait, what did ivan's wife tell him to cut down for the hut? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | ivan's wife | | ivan | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **cut down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ivan's wife *not said here* | | | | | for the hut | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for hut=Asset | 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} A young oak he could span, and bring its roots back to the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t8:o1:1 # text = A young oak he could span, and bring its roots back to the house 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 span span VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **span** | could | a young oak | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring back** | infinitive | a young oak *not said here* | its roots | | the house | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent root=Theme to house=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A young pine he could carry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t8:o2:1 # text = A young pine he could carry 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | could | he | a young pine *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pine=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A young birch he could carry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t8:o3:1 # text = A young birch he could carry 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | could | he | a young birch *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birch=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A young oak he could span ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1119-pg29672-part25:t8:o4:1 # text = A young oak he could span 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 span span VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **span** | could | he | a young oak *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oak=Co-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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