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title: Why did the youngest brother cry by the pond in the first place? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the youngest brother cry by the pond in the first place? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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Why did the youngest brother cry by the pond in the first place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** youngest brother · **What happens:** cry · **To what, where:** first place

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t12:1
# text = Why did the youngest brother cry by the pond in the first place?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the youngest brother |  |  | the first place |  | by the pond | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by pond=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He had no girl to spin his skein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t12:o1:1
# text = He had no girl to spin his skein
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | no girl |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 2 | **spin** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his skein |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had been mocked by the girls and had no one to spin his skein for him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t12:o2:1
# text = He had been mocked by the girls and had no one to spin his skein for him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	mocked	mock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past · perfect · passive | the girls | He |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | the girls *not said here* | no one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spin** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | his skein |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent skein=Result for he=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had no girl willing to spin his skein of flax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t12:o3:1
# text = He had no girl willing to spin his skein of flax
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | no girl |  |  |  | willing *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
| 2 | **spin** | to-infinitive | no girl *not said here* | his skein of flax |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent skein=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had no girl to weave his skein

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t12:o4:1
# text = He had no girl to weave his skein
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	weave	weave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	skein	skein	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | no girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **weave** | to-infinitive | no girl *not said here* | his skein |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skein=Product |

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