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title: Yo, did the baker's tray flip or what? — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow'… · tree and pragmatics
description: Yo, did the baker's tray flip or what? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the…

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Yo, did the baker's tray flip or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** baker · **What happens:** do, flip · **To what, where:** tray flip

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1719 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Widow's Son, part 43: the King jails Martin, and his animal friends steal rolls to save him» 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/1719-pg640-part43/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:t1:1
# text = Yo, did the baker's tray flip or what?
1	Yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baker	baker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	flip	flip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the baker's tray flip |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flip=Eventuality |
| 2 | **flip** |  | the baker |  |  |  |  |  | nom flip «act transitive»: poss=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 -->
Schurka rushed between his legs, the tray tipped and all the sweet cakes went flying into the mud

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:t1:o1:1
# text = Schurka rushed between his legs, the tray tipped and all the sweet cakes went flying into the mud
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | Schurka |  |  | Schurka's legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tip** | past | the tray |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past | all sweet cakes |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **fly** | gerund | all sweet cakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the mud *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into mud=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:t1:o2:1
# text = Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | Schurka |  |  | Schurka's legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go** | past | the rolls |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund | the rolls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying across the market square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:t1:o3:1
# text = Schurka rushed between his legs and the rolls went flying across the market square
1	Schurka	Schurka	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | past | Schurka |  |  | Schurka's legs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between leg=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go** | past | the rolls |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fly** | gerund | the rolls *not said here* |  |  | the market square |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across square=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Waska climbed onto the counter and knocked rolls down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1719-pg640-part43:t1:o4:1
# text = Waska climbed onto the counter and knocked rolls down
1	Waska	Waska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	knocked	knock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	rolls	roll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | Waska |  |  | the counter |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto counter=Trajectory |
| 2 | **knock down** | past | Waska *not said here* | rolls |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent roll=Patient |

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