--- title: why did the mares keep running off, though? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the mares keep running off, though? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/429-pg22373-part21/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain… why did the mares keep running off, though? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mares · **What happens:** keep, run off This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t6:1 # text = why did the mares keep running off, though? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mares mare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the mares | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run off** | gerund | the mares *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP 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} the flies bit them badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t6:o1:1 # text = the flies bit them badly 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | the flies | them *= they* | | | | badly *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} they were scared of the birds and the flies and the boy's loud shouting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t6:o2:1 # text = they were scared of the birds and the flies and the boy's loud shouting 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 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 shouting shouting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | of the birds and the flies and the boy's loud shouting; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shout** | | the boy | | | | | | nom shouting «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they were scared of the birds and the flies ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t6:o3:1 # text = they were scared of the birds and the flies 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 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | of the birds and the flies; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} they were chased by wolves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:429-pg22373-part21:t6:o4:1 # text = they were chased by wolves 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · passive | wolves | they | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | **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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