--- title: fr, what did the dad quit for good? — Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the D… · tree and pragmatics description: fr, what did the dad quit for good? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/417-pg22373-part9/t8/) [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, Petrusha and the D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/417-pg22373-part9/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn… fr, what did the dad quit for good? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do, quit · **To what, where:** dad This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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/417-pg22373-part9/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t8:1 # text = fr, what did the dad quit for good? 1 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 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 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 quit quit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | fr | the dad | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality | | 2 | **quit** | past | fr | | | | | for good | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} drinking spirits ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t8:o1:1 # text = drinking spirits 1 drinking drink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | gerund | | spirits | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} playing cards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t8:o2:1 # text = playing cards 1 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | gerund | | cards | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} boasting about his horses at the fair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t8:o3:1 # text = boasting about his horses at the fair 1 boasting boast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | the fair | | about his horses | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about horse=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} eating meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:t8:o4:1 # text = eating meat 1 eating eat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | gerund | | meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | **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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