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title: bruh, what did Ivan trade the incense for? — Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, what did Ivan trade the incense for? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh, what did Ivan trade the incense for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ivan · **What happens:** trade · **To what, where:** incense

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1125 «Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone scatters robbers, and his magic fife sets a parson dancing into a hedge» 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/1125-pg29672-part31/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t3:1
# text = bruh, what did Ivan trade the incense for?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	trade	trade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	incense	incense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past · do-support | Ivan | the incense |  |  |  |  | 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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A whole herd of cows and a fancy silver flute that can play any song in the world

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t3:o1:1
# text = A whole herd of cows and a fancy silver flute that can play any song in the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | can | a fancy silver flute | any song |  | the world |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fife that makes everyone dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t3:o2:1
# text = A fife that makes everyone dance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fife	fife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	compound	_	_
6	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a fife | everyone dance |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dance=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, he just gave it away to the poor widow down the lane for free

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t3:o3:1
# text = Nothing, he just gave it away to the poor widow down the lane for free
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give away** | past | he | Nothing | the poor widow |  |  | down the lane; for free; away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to widow=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sack of flour and some salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t3:o4:1
# text = A sack of flour and some salt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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