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title: Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

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Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, beggar · **What happens:** wait, get · **To what, where:** copeck

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 419 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant tries to dodge paying one copeck and gets tricked» 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/419-pg22373-part11/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t2:1
# text = Wait, so the beggar got the copeck, right?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	copeck	copeck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | the beggar | the copeck |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer copeck=Stimulus |

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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}

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Nope, the robbers took it all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t2:o1:1
# text = Nope, the robbers took it all
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the robbers | it |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the moujik gave it to Marko for his trouble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t2:o2:1
# text = Nah, the moujik gave it to Marko for his trouble
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Marko	Marko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the moujik | it | Marko |  |  | for moujik's trouble | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme to marko=Recipient for trouble=Asset |
| 2 | **trouble** |  | moujik |  |  |  |  |  | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Marko gave it to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, Marko gave it to him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Marko	Marko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Marko | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the moujik gave it to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t2:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the moujik gave it to him
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the moujik | it | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient |

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