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title: so what did she tell him to ask for instead of gold? — Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did she tell him to ask for instead of gold? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 416 «Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha visits the Devil's palace and finds his drowned father there as a horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha v…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so what did she tell him to ask for instead of gold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** tell, ask · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 416 «Russian Folk Tales, The Awful Drunkard, part 8: Petrusha visits the Devil's palace and finds his drowned father there as a horse» 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/416-pg22373-part8/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:416-pg22373-part8:t10:1
# text = so what did she tell him to ask for instead of gold?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | she |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for gold | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 -->
the sad horse that pulls the cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:416-pg22373-part8:t10:o1:1
# text = the sad horse that pulls the cart
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | the sad horse | the cart |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wretched horse that hauls wood, the one who's been stuck there forever, bro

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:416-pg22373-part8:t10:o2:1
# text = the wretched horse that hauls wood, the one who's been stuck there forever, bro
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hauls	haul	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
15	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | present | the wretched horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stick** | present · passive |  | the one |  | there |  | forever *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wretched horse that hauls wood all day in the forest, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:416-pg22373-part8:t10:o3:1
# text = the wretched horse that hauls wood all day in the forest, bro
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hauls	haul	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | present | the wretched horse | wood |  | the forest and bro | day |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the wretched horse that hauls wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:416-pg22373-part8:t10:o4:1
# text = the wretched horse that hauls wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hauls	haul	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **haul** | present | the wretched horse | wood |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

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