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title: how did the smith not get hanged in the end? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the smith not get hanged in the end? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

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how did the smith not get hanged in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** smith · **What happens:** be, not hange · **To what, where:** smith, end

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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/422-pg22373-part14/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t3:1
# text = how did the smith not get hanged in the end?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the smith |  |  |  |  | how *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hange** | infinitive · passive |  | the smith *not said here* |  |  | in the end |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The demon swooped in and saved him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t3:o1:1
# text = The demon swooped in and saved him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swooped	swoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | past | the demon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | past | the demon *not said here* | demon |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lord came back alive and begged the lady to let the smith go free

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t3:o2:1
# text = The lord came back alive and begged the lady to let the smith go free
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | past | the lord |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the lord *not said here* |  | the lady |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the smith |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | the smith *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The demon swooped in, grabbed the rope and carried the smith off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t3:o3:1
# text = The demon swooped in, grabbed the rope and carried the smith off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swooped	swoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop** | past | the demon |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grab** | past | the demon *not said here* | the rope |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme |
| 3 | **carry off** | past | the demon *not said here* | the smith |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smith=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The servants let him loose by chance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t3:o4:1
# text = The servants let him loose by chance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	loose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | the servants | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by chance | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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