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title: That wolf in the snare, was he a bit wicked or what? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Empero… · tree and pragmatics
description: That wolf in the snare, was he a bit wicked or what? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prin…

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That wolf in the snare, was he a bit wicked or what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1760 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Dragon Emperor, part 11: the prince frees a fish, a fox and a wolf, then serves the old woman» 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/1760-pg641-part11/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:t5:1
# text = That wolf in the snare, was he a bit wicked or what?
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snare	snare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that wolf in the snare |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; wicked *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Yeah, he snarled and tried to bite the prince before running off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:t5:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he snarled and tried to bite the prince before running off
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	snarled	snarl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snarl** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **try** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
| 4 | **run off** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was just a bit scared and ran off into the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:t5:o2:1
# text = Nah, he was just a bit scared and ran off into the trees
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | a bit *obl:unmarked*; scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the trees *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tree=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was a right nasty one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:t5:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was a right nasty one
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | a right nasty one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he was grateful and promised to help if needed, lush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1760-pg641-part11:t5:o4:1
# text = Nah, he was grateful and promised to help if needed, lush
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	lush	lush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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