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title: The eldest bro saw them walking home together, what happened? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: The eldest bro saw them walking home together, what happened? Test 6 · ★ 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 eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

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The eldest bro saw them walking home together, what happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eldest bro, them · **What happens:** see, walk, happen · **To what, where:** them

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t6:1
# text = The eldest bro saw them walking home together, what happened?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
11	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the eldest bro | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home, together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He stomped off all mad, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t6:o1:1
# text = He stomped off all mad, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stomped	stomp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
5	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stomp off** | past | He | all mad bro |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He joined them at the church and then started yelling about the wedding in front of everyone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t6:o2:1
# text = He joined them at the church and then started yelling about the wedding in front of everyone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	yelling	yell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past | He | them *= they* |  | the church |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **start** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **yell** *speech: express* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | front of everyone |  | about the wedding | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wedding=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He turned back all shamed, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t6:o3:1
# text = He turned back all shamed, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	shamed	shame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn back** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shame** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went back all embarrassed, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:t6:o4:1
# text = He went back all embarrassed, bro
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | He |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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