--- title: Did the moujik just read psalms and bounce, or what? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the moujik just read psalms and bounce, or what? Test 5 · ★ 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 op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/419-pg22373-part11/t5/) [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, Marko the Rich: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/419-pg22373-part11/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie… Did the moujik just read psalms and bounce, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** moujik · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** psalms This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t5:1 # text = Did the moujik just read psalms and bounce, or what? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moujik moujik NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 psalms psalm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 bounce bounce NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past · do-support | the moujik | psalms and bounce | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent psalm=Topic | 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} He hid in the church all night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t5:o1:1 # text = He hid in the church all night 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | He | | | the church | night | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} He sang them and then ran off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t5:o2:1 # text = He sang them and then ran off 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He | them *= they* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 2 | **run off** | past | He *not said here* | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He read them, then hid behind the altar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t5:o3:1 # text = He read them, then hid behind the altar 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | He | them *= they* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 2 | **hide** | past | He *not said here* | | | the altar | then | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind altar=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He read them then went home for dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t5:o4:1 # text = He read them then went home for dinner 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | He | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past | them *= they* | | | | then | for dinner; home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for dinner=Beneficiary | **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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