--- title: Lol, what did the demon do at the window? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a pe… · tree and pragmatics description: Lol, what did the demon do at the window? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice was wro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/418-pg22373-part10/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, The Bad Wife: a pe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/418-pg22373-part10/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Bad Wife: a peasant frees a demon… Lol, what did the demon do at the window? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** demon · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** window This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t8:1 # text = Lol, what did the demon do at the window? 1 Lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ 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 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the demon | | | the window | | | vn act-114-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Stared and asked where to hide ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t8:o1:1 # text = Stared and asked where to hide 1 Stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | past | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ran back to the pit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t8:o2:1 # text = Ran back to the pit 1 Ran run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run back** | participle | | | | | | to the pit *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to pit=Result | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Shouted and ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t8:o3:1 # text = Shouted and ran away 1 Shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stared at them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:418-pg22373-part10:t8:o4:1 # text = Stared at them 1 Stared stare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | participle | | | | | | at them *= they* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | **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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