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title: Dude, who did the demon want to chomp on at the end? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a pe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, who did the demon want to chomp on at the end? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 418 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a peasant frees a demon from a pit and cures the town» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a peasant frees a demon…

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Dude, who did the demon want to chomp on at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, demon · **What happens:** do, want, chomp on

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 418 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a peasant frees a demon from a pit and cures the town» 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/418-pg22373-part10/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t6:1
# text = Dude, who did the demon want to chomp on at the end?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	chomp	chomp	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dude |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | present | the demon |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **chomp on** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the demon *not said here* |  |  |  | at the end |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at end=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The peasant, if he cured her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t6:o1:1
# text = The peasant, if he cured her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cured	cure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | past | the peasant | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The peasant, if he didn't cure her daughter in time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t6:o2:1
# text = The peasant, if he didn't cure her daughter in time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cure** | past · do-support | peasant | her daughter |  |  | time |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer daughter=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Boyar's whole family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t6:o3:1
# text = The Boyar's whole family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Boyar	Boyar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The peasant, if he failed to cure her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t6:o4:1
# text = The peasant, if he failed to cure her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cure	cure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past | the peasant |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **cure** | to-infinitive | the peasant *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source |

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