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title: Did the wolf ever pay Ferko back, do you reckon? — Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the wolf ever pay Ferko back, do you reckon? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 13 · ★ · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the wolf ever pay Ferko back, do you reckon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf, you · **What happens:** pay back, reckon · **To what, where:** Ferko

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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/1693-pg640-part17/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t13:1
# text = Did the wolf ever pay Ferko back, do you reckon?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | past · do-support | the wolf | Ferko |  |  | ever |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ferko=Asset |
| 2 | **reckon** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he gave Ferko a gold coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t13:o1:1
# text = yeah, he gave Ferko a gold coin
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | a gold coin | Ferko |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ferko=Recipient coin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the wolf gave Ferko a big reward of gold and a horse the next day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, the wolf gave Ferko a big reward of gold and a horse the next day
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the wolf | a big reward of gold and a horse | Ferko |  | day |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ferko=Recipient reward=Theme |
| 2 | **reward** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom reward «event transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the text doesn't say, it's only promised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t13:o3:1
# text = the text doesn't say, it's only promised
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the text |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · passive |  | text |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he ran off into the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:t13:o4:1
# text = nah, he ran off into the wood
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | into the wood *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result |

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