--- title: So blood on the knife means the elder brother's in trouble, yeah? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, p… · tree and pragmatics description: So blood on the knife means the elder brother's in trouble, yeah? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1122 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/t9/) [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 Two Princes, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1122-pg29672-part28/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br… So blood on the knife means the elder brother's in trouble, yeah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** blood · **What happens:** mean · **To what, where:** elder brother This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1122 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch» 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/1122-pg29672-part28/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:t9:1 # text = So blood on the knife means the elder brother's in trouble, yeah? 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | blood on the knife | the elder brother | | | | in trouble | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot brother=Theme in trouble=Attribute | 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} Yeah, he's dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he's dead 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, he's perishing, so go find him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:t9:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he's perishing, so go find him 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 perishing perish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perish** | present · progressive | he | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** | infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, he's hurt, go and help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:t9:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he's hurt, go and help 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | present · passive | | he | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **help** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, he's fine, don't worry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:t9:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he's fine, don't worry 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 worry worry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **worry** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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