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title: Why did the Simpleton keep going back to the tree, fam? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Simpleton keep going back to the tree, fam? Test 2 · ★ 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
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Simpleton: the ox sold to the Birc…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did the Simpleton keep going back to the tree, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Simpleton keep · **What happens:** do, go back · **To what, where:** Simpleton keep

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t2:1
# text = Why did the Simpleton keep going back to the tree, fam?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Simpleton	Simpleton	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	keep	keep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Simpleton keep |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keep=Eventuality |
| 2 | **go back** | gerund | the Simpleton keep *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the tree and fam *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to tree=Result |

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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 -->
He was waiting for his dough, obviously, since the tree owed him twenty roubles and a horse

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t2:o1:1
# text = He was waiting for his dough, obviously, since the tree owed him twenty roubles and a horse
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	owed	owe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	roubles	rouble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | for his dough; obviously *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **owe** | past | the tree | twenty roubles | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal rouble=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted his money back, obviously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t2:o2:1
# text = He wanted his money back, obviously
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | past | He | his money |  |  |  | obviously *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kept going back because he was lost in the woods and needed the shortcut home obviously

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t2:o3:1
# text = He kept going back because he was lost in the woods and needed the shortcut home obviously
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
17	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go back** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **lose** | past · passive |  | he |  | the woods |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **need** | past | He *not said here* | the shortcut |  |  |  | home, obviously *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shortcut=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was waiting for his dough, obviously

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:420-pg22373-part12:t2:o4:1
# text = He was waiting for his dough, obviously
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	dough	dough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | for his dough; obviously *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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