--- title: So what's Marusia's big problem at the end? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics description: So what's Marusia's big problem at the end? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/412-pg22373-part4/t12/) [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, Marusia, part 4: M…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/412-pg22373-part4/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thr… So what's Marusia's big problem at the end? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big problem, end This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» 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/412-pg22373-part4/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:t12:1 # text = So what's Marusia's big problem at the end? 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 Marusia Marusia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Marusia's big problem | | | at the end | | tree rules | 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} She must go back to the church and confront him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:t12:o1:1 # text = She must go back to the church and confront him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 confront confront VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | must | She | | | | | to the church *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to church=Result | | 2 | **confront** | infinitive | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She must decide what to do ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:t12:o2:1 # text = She must decide what to do 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | must | She | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} She must choose her husband ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:t12:o3:1 # text = She must choose her husband 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | must | She | her husband | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She must decide what to do about the Fiend and her life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:t12:o4:1 # text = She must decide what to do about the Fiend and her life 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Fiend fiend NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | must | She | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | about the Fiend and her life | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | **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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