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title: so what did the Aged One actually do to Ivan? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what did the Aged One actually do to Ivan? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays th…

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so what did the Aged One actually do to Ivan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Aged One, Ivan

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» 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/425-pg22373-part17/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:t12:1
# text = so what did the Aged One actually do to Ivan?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Aged One |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  | Ivan |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «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}

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gave him a task

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:t12:o1:1
# text = gave him a task
1	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past |  | a task | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient task=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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sent him on an errand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:t12:o2:1
# text = sent him on an errand
1	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | him *= he* |  | a errand |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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sent him on a long and dangerous errand across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:t12:o3:1
# text = sent him on a long and dangerous errand across the sea
1	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | him *= he* |  | a long errand |  | across the sea | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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sent him to fetch a fiery horse from afar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:t12:o4:1
# text = sent him to fetch a fiery horse from afar
1	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	afar	afar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | a fiery horse |  | afar |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from afar=Source |

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