--- title: so what did the words on the rock say? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: so what did the words on the rock say? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/431-pg22373-part23/t8/) [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, Koshchei the Death…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/431-pg22373-part23/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan… so what did the words on the rock say? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** words · **What happens:** say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» 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/431-pg22373-part23/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:t8:1 # text = so what did the words on the rock say? 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the words on the rock | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} Peace will fall now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:t8:o1:1 # text = Peace will fall now 1 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | future | Peace | | | | now | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Riches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:t8:o2:1 # text = Riches 1 Riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fame will come soon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:t8:o3:1 # text = Fame will come soon 1 Fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | Fame | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A way will open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:t8:o4:1 # text = A way will open 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | future | a way | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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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