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title: bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermai… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catche…

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bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** wolf

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1935 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Golden Mermaid: the Prince catches the mermaid, but his jealous brothers kill him and the wolf brings him back to life» 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/1935-pg7277-part72/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t11:1
# text = bro, how did the wolf get the Prince alive again?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | bro |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he dug up the body, washed it in the river, and then breathed over the flowery grave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t11:o1:1
# text = he dug up the body, washed it in the river, and then breathed over the flowery grave
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	flowery	flowery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig up** | past | he | the body |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
| 2 | **wash** | past | he *not said here* | body |  | the river |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **breathe** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the flowery grave | then |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he breathed over a flowery grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t11:o2:1
# text = he breathed over a flowery grave
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	flowery	flowery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | past | he |  |  | a flowery grave |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he got the mermaid to bring a potion and then he breathed over the flowery grave

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t11:o3:1
# text = he got the mermaid to bring a potion and then he breathed over the flowery grave
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	flowery	flowery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he | the mermaid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the mermaid *not said here* | a potion |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent potion=Theme |
| 3 | **breathe** | past | mermaid |  |  | the flowery grave | then |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he prayed over the old grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1935-pg7277-part72:t11:o4:1
# text = he prayed over the old grave
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | he |  |  | the old grave |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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