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title: yo did Ivan really get chopped up or nah? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo did Ivan really get chopped up or nah? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

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yo did Ivan really get chopped up or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, chop up · **To what, where:** Ivan

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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/429-pg22373-part21/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t1:1
# text = yo did Ivan really get chopped up or nah?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	chopped	chop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Ivan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **chop up** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle» |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked the bits in the sea where nobody could ever find them again

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t1:o1:1
# text = yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked the bits in the sea where nobody could ever find them again
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	18	advmod	_	_
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	advmod	_	_
18	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop up** | past | Koshchei | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **chuck** | past | Koshchei *not said here* | the bits |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bit=Theme in sea=Destination |
| 3 | **find** | could | nobody | bits *= bit* |  |  | ever; again |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea, then sealed him in a barrel

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea, then sealed him in a barrel
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	sealed	seal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop up** | past | Koshchei | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **chuck** | past | Koshchei *not said here* | Koshchei |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sea=Destination |
| 3 | **seal** | past | Koshchei *not said here* | Koshchei |  | a barrel | then |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Koshchei burned him and scattered ash in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t1:o3:1
# text = yeah, Koshchei burned him and scattered ash in the sea
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | Koshchei | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **scatter** | past | Koshchei *not said here* | ash |  | the sea |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in sea=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, Koshchei chopped him up and chucked him in the sea
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop up** | past | Koshchei | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **chuck** | past | Koshchei *not said here* | Koshchei |  | the sea |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sea=Destination |

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