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title: what did the demon make the smith promise, lol? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the demon make the smith promise, lol? Test 4 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

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what did the demon make the smith promise, lol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** demon · **What happens:** do, make · **To what, where:** smith promise

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t4:1
# text = what did the demon make the smith promise, lol?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | the demon | the smith promise |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product |

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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}

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Never to strike him with any tool, including the tongs and bellows, ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t4:o1:1
# text = Never to strike him with any tool, including the tongs and bellows, ever
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	strike	strike	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	tool	tool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	including	including	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tongs	tong	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	bellows	bellow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **strike** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  | ever | with any tool | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with tool=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never to hit him with the hammer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t4:o2:1
# text = Never to hit him with the hammer
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	hit	hit	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hit** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | with the hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hammer=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never to lift the hammer again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t4:o3:1
# text = Never to lift the hammer again
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	lift	lift	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lift** | to-infinitive |  | the hammer |  |  | again |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never to hit him with the hammer again, even if provoked by the lord

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t4:o4:1
# text = Never to hit him with the hammer again, even if provoked by the lord
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	hit	hit	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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	provoked	provoke	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hit** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  | again | with the hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with hammer=Instrument |
| 2 | **provoke** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the lord | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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