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title: wait, the brothers chopped the rope?? so shady, fam — Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the brothers chopped the rope?? so shady, fam Test 4 · ★ of lesson 426 «Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, part 18: the Prince sews magic robes and the brides recognise him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, par…

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wait, the brothers chopped the rope?? so shady, fam

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, brothers · **What happens:** wait, chop · **To what, where:** rope

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 426 «Russian Wonder Tales, Prince Ivan and the Beast Norka, part 18: the Prince sews magic robes and the brides recognise 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/426-pg22373-part18/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:426-pg22373-part18:t4:1
# text = wait, the brothers chopped the rope?? so shady, fam
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **chop** | past | the brothers | the rope |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient |

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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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they wanted the brides for themselves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:426-pg22373-part18:t4:o1:1
# text = they wanted the brides for themselves
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brides	bride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | the brides |  |  |  | for brides *= bride* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they tried to ditch him for the brides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:426-pg22373-part18:t4:o2:1
# text = they tried to ditch him for the brides
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ditch	ditch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	brides	bride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ditch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | for the brides | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they were jealous, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:426-pg22373-part18:t4:o3:1
# text = they were jealous, lol
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | jealous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they just wanted his money, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:426-pg22373-part18:t4:o4:1
# text = they just wanted his money, fam
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | his money and fam |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme |

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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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