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title: how did he cross that fire river anyway? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did he cross that fire river anyway? Test 5 · ★ 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 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

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how did he cross that fire river anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** cross · **To what, where:** fire river

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t5:1
# text = how did he cross that fire river anyway?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	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	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · do-support | he | that fire river |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he waved Marya's handkerchief three times and got a bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t5:o1:1
# text = he waved Marya's handkerchief three times and got a bridge
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Marya	Marya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | he | Marya's handkerchief |  |  | time |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | a bridge |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he rode the horse over it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t5:o2:1
# text = he rode the horse over it
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | he | the horse |  |  |  | over horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme over it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he waved Marya's handkerchief three times on the right hand and got a bridge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t5:o3:1
# text = he waved Marya's handkerchief three times on the right hand and got a bridge
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Marya	Marya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | he | Marya's handkerchief |  | the right hand | time |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* | a bridge |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he waved the handkerchief twice and the fire river parted for him to walk across

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t5:o4:1
# text = he waved the handkerchief twice and the fire river parted for him to walk across
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	parted	part	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
15	across	across	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | he | the handkerchief |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient |
| 2 | **part** | past | the fire river |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the fire river *not said here* |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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