--- title: Lowkey, what did Vassili do to the ferryman at the end? — Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark t… · tree and pragmatics description: Lowkey, what did Vassili do to the ferryman at the end? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1755 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vassili visits the Serpent King and tricks him out of Mark's ships» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1755-pg641-part6/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1755-pg641-part6/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vas… Lowkey, what did Vassili do to the ferryman at the end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Vassili · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** end This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1755 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vassili and Mark the Rich, part 6: Vassili visits the Serpent King and tricks him out of Mark's ships» 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/1755-pg641-part6/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:t7:1 # text = Lowkey, what did Vassili do to the ferryman at the end? 1 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Vassili Vassili PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ferryman ferryman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Vassili | | | | at the end | to the ferryman; Lowkey *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Set him free from rowing by taking his oar and promising to row himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:t7:o1:1 # text = Set him free from rowing by taking his oar and promising to row himself 1 Set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 from from SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 rowing row VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 advcl _ _ 6 by by SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 row row VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | | 2 | **row** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | gerund | you *not said here* | his oar | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **row** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | himself *= he* | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Set him free from rowing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:t7:o2:1 # text = Set him free from rowing 1 Set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rowing rowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | rowing | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sent him to war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:t7:o3:1 # text = Sent him to war 1 Sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | | him *= he* | | war | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to war=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Made him a king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1755-pg641-part6:t7:o4:1 # text = Made him a king 1 Made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | a king | him *= he* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary king=Product | **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. 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