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title: Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right? Like actually growling? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right? Like actually growling? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right? Like actually growling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mastiffs · **What happens:** hold up, be, growl

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:1
# text = Hold up, the mastiffs were scary, right?
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mastiffs	mastiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** | past | the mastiffs |  |  |  |  | scary *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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like actually growling?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:2
# text = Like actually growling?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	growling	growl	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yeah, they barked so loudly the mom jumped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they barked so loudly the mom jumped
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | they |  |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **jump** | past | the mom |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yeah, they growled so fiercely the mom trembled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they growled so fiercely the mom trembled
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	growled	growl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	trembled	tremble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | past | they | the mom |  |  |  | fiercely *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mom=Topic |
| 2 | **tremble** | participle |  | the mom *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, they growled so fiercely that the mom trembled and hid behind the door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they growled so fiercely that the mom trembled and hid behind the door
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	growled	growl	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	trembled	tremble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **growl** | past | they |  |  |  |  | fiercely *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tremble** | past | the mom |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the door |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nah, they were actually really friendly and the mom just wanted to pet them

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, they were actually really friendly and the mom just wanted to pet them
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mom	mom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	xcomp	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | actually, friendly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | past | the mom | pet |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

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