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title: what was he begging for, like? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was he begging for, like? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan'…

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what was he begging for, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** beg

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his wife» 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/428-pg22373-part20/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:t7:1
# text = what was he begging for, like?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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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a bit of bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:t7:o1:1
# text = a bit of bread
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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a drink of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:t7:o2:1
# text = a drink of water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a big cold drink of water from the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:t7:o3:1
# text = a big cold drink of water from the well
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a drink of water, like, right now, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:t7:o4:1
# text = a drink of water, like, right now, bruv
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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