--- title: Ivan's brothers cut the ladder, right, being well mean? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics description: Ivan's brothers cut the ladder, right, being well mean? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 432 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/432-pg22373-part24/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/432-pg22373-part24/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan… Ivan's brothers cut the ladder, right, being well mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** cut, mean · **To what, where:** ladder This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 432 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 24: Ivan wins Koshchei's death and brings the ring home» 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/432-pg22373-part24/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:t8:1 # text = Ivan's brothers cut the ladder, right, being well mean? 1 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 right right INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 nsubj _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | past | Ivan's brothers | the ladder | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Product | | 2 | **mean** | infinitive | | | | | | well *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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} Yeah, so he got stuck up top and couldn't get down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:t8:o1:1 # text = Yeah, so he got stuck up top and couldn't get down 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** | past · passive | | he | | | | top *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **not** **get down** | could | | | | | | down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yeah, so he got stuck up top ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:t8:o2:1 # text = Yeah, so he got stuck up top 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick up** | past · passive | | he | | | | top *obl* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, they were nice and let him climb down the ladder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:t8:o3:1 # text = Nah, they were nice and let him climb down the ladder 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 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 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | they *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **climb down** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the ladder | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location ladder=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yeah, so he was stuck below ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:432-pg22373-part24:t8:o4:1 # text = Yeah, so he was stuck below 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 below below ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | below, stuck *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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