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title: How'd the robbers end up running off, fam? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: How'd the robbers end up running off, fam? Test 6 · ★ 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 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marko the Rich: a stingy merchant trie…

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How'd the robbers end up running off, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** robbers · **What happens:** end up, run off · **To what, where:** fam

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t6:1
# text = How'd the robbers end up running off, fam?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | would | the robbers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run off** | gerund | the robbers *not said here* | fam |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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Marko jumped up and they freaked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t6:o1:1
# text = Marko jumped up and they freaked
1	Marko	Marko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	freaked	freak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump up** | past | Marko |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **freak** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The moujik shot them with a gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t6:o2:1
# text = The moujik shot them with a gun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | the moujik | them *= they* |  |  |  | with a gun | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with gun=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Marko jumped up like a madman and the robbers ran screaming out of the church

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t6:o3:1
# text = Marko jumped up like a madman and the robbers ran screaming out of the church
1	Marko	Marko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	madman	madman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump up** | past | Marko |  |  |  |  | like a madman | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | past | the robbers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | the robbers *not said here* |  |  | the church |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out church=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The moujik yelled and they fled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:419-pg22373-part11:t6:o4:1
# text = The moujik yelled and they fled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | the moujik |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flee** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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