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title: Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1238 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a shi…

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Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lad · **What happens:** shut · **To what, where:** eyes

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1238 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Sister of the Sun, part 39: a ship saves the boy, and the king sets three tasks» 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/1238-pg3282-part39/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t3:1
# text = Why'd the lad shut his eyes, like?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shut	shut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shut** | would | the lad | lad's eyes |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he didn't wanna see the pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t3:o1:1
# text = cos he didn't wanna see the pitch
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
5	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	dep	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | he | the pitch |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pitch=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos the pitch was so hot it would melt his face right off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t3:o2:1
# text = cos the pitch was so hot it would melt his face right off
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	off	off	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | infinitive |  | the pitch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **melt** | would | pitch | his face |  |  |  | off *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient face=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos his mum told him not to look at the pitch ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t3:o3:1
# text = cos his mum told him not to look at the pitch ever
1	cos	cos	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cos** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | his mum |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his mum *not said here* |  |  |  | ever | at the pitch | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at pitch=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cos he didn't fancy the view

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1238-pg3282-part39:t3:o4:1
# text = cos he didn't fancy the view
1	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fancy** | past · do-support | he | the view |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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