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title: fam, what happened to the parson when he went to spy on Ivan? — Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics
description: fam, what happened to the parson when he went to spy on Ivan? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragmat
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Tales, Ivan the Fool, part 31: Ivan's millstone sc…

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fam, what happened to the parson when he went to spy on Ivan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fam · **What happens:** happen, go, spy · **To what, where:** Ivan

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t6:1
# text = fam, what happened to the parson when he went to spy on Ivan?
1	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parson	parson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | fam |  |  |  |  | to the parson | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | fam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **spy** | to-infinitive | fam *not said here* |  |  | Ivan |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He danced right into a prickly hedge where his cassock tore off and he ended up running home naked through the town in tatters

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t6:o1:1
# text = He danced right into a prickly hedge where his cassock tore off and he ended up running home naked through the town in tatters
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	cassock	cassock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	home	home	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	naked	naked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
20	through	through	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	tatters	tatter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | He |  |  | a prickly hedge |  | right *property* | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme into hedge=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tore off** | past | his cassock |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **end up** | past | cassock |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **run** | gerund | cassock *not said here* |  |  | the town in tatters |  | home, naked *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through town=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went to the church to pray, then got lost in the forest and was eaten by a wolf named Grishka

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t6:o2:1
# text = He went to the church to pray, then got lost in the forest and was eaten by a wolf named Grishka
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
22	Grishka	Grishka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  | the church |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **lose** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  | the forest | then |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: in forest=Eventuality |
| 4 | **eat** | past · passive | a wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **name** | participle |  | a wolf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He danced into a prickly hedge and got shredded up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t6:o3:1
# text = He danced into a prickly hedge and got shredded up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prickly	prickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	shredded	shred	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | past | He |  |  | a prickly hedge |  |  | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme into hedge=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shred up** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hid in the barn and got caught by the cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1125-pg29672-part31:t6:o4:1
# text = He hid in the barn and got caught by the cows
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He |  |  | the barn |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in barn=Location |
| 2 | **catch** | past · passive | the cows |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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