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title: wait, the mares were in the sea up to their necks, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Iva… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, the mares were in the sea up to their necks, right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 430 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Y…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait, the mares were in the sea up to their necks, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mares · **What happens:** wait up, be · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 430 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei» 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/430-pg22373-part22/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:t13:1
# text = wait, the mares were in the sea up to their necks, right?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mares	mare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to mares's necks | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the mares |  |  | the sea |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
no, only up to their knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:t13:o1:1
# text = no, only up to their knees
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they were stuck all the way up to the neck in the cold water

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, they were stuck all the way up to the neck in the cold water
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  | the cold water |  | stuck *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, all the way up to the neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, all the way up to the neck
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, up to their ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:t13:o4:1
# text = yeah, up to their ears
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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