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title: Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right? Test 4 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** boil, be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t4:1
# text = Ngl, that boiling water part was wild, right?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | tree rules |

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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 -->
Yeah, and the whole thing was honestly kinda funny to watch for everyone there

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, and the whole thing was honestly kinda funny to watch for everyone there
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the whole thing |  |  |  |  | funny, kinda *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | the whole thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for everyone | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for everyone=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the moujik roasted him for his copeck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the moujik roasted him for his copeck
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	roasted	roast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	copeck	copeck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roast** | past | the moujik | him *= he* |  |  |  | for moujik's copeck | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient for copeck=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the moujik poured boiling water on him just to get the copeck back from him

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, the moujik poured boiling water on him just to get the copeck back from 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	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
6	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	copeck	copeck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | the moujik | boiling water |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the copeck |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer copeck=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the moujik cooked him for money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, the moujik cooked him for money
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	cooked	cook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | past | the moujik | him *= he* |  |  |  | for money | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Product for money=Beneficiary |

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