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title: no cap, what made the birds crash out of the sky? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, what made the birds crash out of the sky? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1126 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no cap, what made the birds crash out of the sky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cap, birds · **What happens:** make, crash out · **To what, where:** sky

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1126 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer» 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/1126-pg29672-part32/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:t4:1
# text = no cap, what made the birds crash out of the sky?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	crash	crash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | no cap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crash out** | present | the birds | the sky |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the mouse ordered the ants to bite every bird's tail and wing feathers off

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:t4:o1:1
# text = the mouse ordered the ants to bite every bird's tail and wing feathers off
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the mouse | the ants |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent ant=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bite off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the ants *not said here* | every bird's tail and wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the ants bit their wing feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:t4:o2:1
# text = the ants bit their wing feathers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the ants | ants's wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the ants bit the birds' wing feathers so they could not fly at all

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:t4:o3:1
# text = the ants bit the birds' wing feathers so they could not fly at all
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | the ants | the birds's wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **fly** | could | ants *= ant* |  |  | all |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the arrow struck their wings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:t4:o4:1
# text = the arrow struck their wings
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the arrow | their wings |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

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