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title: was the smith properly scared or just acting? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the smith properly scared or just acting? Test 8 · ★ 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'
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was the smith properly scared or just acting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smith · **What happens:** be, act

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t8:1
# text = was the smith properly scared or just acting?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the smith |  |  |  |  | properly, scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | gerund | the smith *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Totally fine, just pretending to be scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t8:o1:1
# text = Totally fine, just pretending to be scared
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was acting the whole time, pretending to be terrified for the lady's amusement

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t8:o2:1
# text = He was acting the whole time, pretending to be terrified for the lady's amusement
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	acting	act	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  | time |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pretend** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the lady's amusement; terrified *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **amuse** |  | the lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared, and he was sweating buckets

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t8:o3:1
# text = Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared, and he was sweating buckets
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	sweating	sweat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	amod	_	_
16	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  |  |  | boots |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boot=Location |
| 2 | **sweat** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:t8:o4:1
# text = Proper scared, like shaking-in-boots scared
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shaking	shake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | gerund |  |  |  | boots |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boot=Location |

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