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title: So that tress of hair, it floats down the river, right? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: So that tress of hair, it floats down the river, right? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» 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, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

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So that tress of hair, it floats down the river, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hair · **What happens:** float · **To what, where:** river

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» 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/433-pg22373-part25/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t13:1
# text = So that tress of hair, it floats down the river, right?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	tress	tress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	advcl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | hair |  |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory |

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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}

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Yup, it floats right to the King, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t13:o1:1
# text = Yup, it floats right to the King, fam
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Yup |  |  |  |  | to the King and fam *result*; right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to king=Result |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yup, it goes straight to the King, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t13:o2:1
# text = Yup, it goes straight to the King, fam
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Yup |  |  |  |  | to the King and fam; straight *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yup, it floats to the Queen, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t13:o3:1
# text = Yup, it floats to the Queen, fam
1	Yup	yup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Yup |  |  |  |  | to the Queen *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to queen=Result |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Nope, it floats down the river and sinks, but a fish swallows it and then the King catches the fish, fam

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t13:o4:1
# text = Nope, it floats down the river and sinks, but a fish swallows it and then the King catches the fish, fam
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sinks	sink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	swallows	swallow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	catches	catch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | it |  |  | the river |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sink** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **swallow** | present | a fish | river |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **catch** | present | the King | the fish and fam |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

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