--- title: did the snuff-box really turn black? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics description: did the snuff-box really turn black? Test 10 · ★ 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 of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/429-pg22373-part21/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/429-pg22373-part21/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain… did the snuff-box really turn black? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** snuff box · **What happens:** turn This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t10:1 # text = did the snuff-box really turn black? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · do-support | the snuff box | | | | | black *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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} nope, it just went a bit grey and that meant Ivan was sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t10:o1:1 # text = nope, it just went a bit grey and that meant Ivan was sleeping 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 11 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | it | | | | | grey *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | past | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sleep** | past · progressive | Ivan | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, it meant Marya was dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t10:o2:1 # text = yeah, it meant Marya was dead 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Marya Marya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Marya | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, that meant Ivan was dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t10:o3:1 # text = yeah, that meant Ivan was dead 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Ivan | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} nope, that meant Ivan was alive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t10:o4:1 # text = nope, that meant Ivan was alive 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | that | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Ivan | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | **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. 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