--- title: When the searchers came, what did the Simpleton hand them? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics description: When the searchers came, what did the Simpleton hand them? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/420-pg22373-part12/t10/) [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 Simpleton: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/420-pg22373-part12/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc… When the searchers came, what did the Simpleton hand them? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** searchers, Simpleton · **What happens:** come, hand · **To what, where:** searchers This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 420 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birch, the gold, and the goat's head» 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/420-pg22373-part12/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t10:1 # text = When the searchers came, what did the Simpleton hand them? 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 searchers searcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the searchers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hand** | past · do-support | the Simpleton | searchers *= searcher* | | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Destination they=Theme | 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} The Diachok's old hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t10:o1:1 # text = The Diachok's old hat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Diachok Diachok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A goat's hoof, no cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t10:o2:1 # text = A goat's hoof, no cap 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 hoof hoof NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The goat's head, straight up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t10:o3:1 # text = The goat's head, straight up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 up up ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A goat's ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t10:o4:1 # text = A goat's ear 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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