--- title: How'd the snakes get in when the door was barred? — Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl… · tree and pragmatics description: How'd the snakes get in when the door was barred? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/434-pg22373-part26/t4/) [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 Tales, The Water Snake: a girl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/434-pg22373-part26/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a… How'd the snakes get in when the door was barred? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snakes · **What happens:** get in, bar · **To what, where:** door This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills him» 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/434-pg22373-part26/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:t4:1 # text = How'd the snakes get in when the door was barred? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** | would | the snakes | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bar** | past · passive | | the door | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They smashed the window, dead lively ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:t4:o1:1 # text = They smashed the window, dead lively 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | They | the window | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They slid under the step, dead quick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:t4:o2:1 # text = They slid under the step, dead quick 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | past | They | | | | | under the step | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under step=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} They smashed the window, dead lively, right through the glass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:t4:o3:1 # text = They smashed the window, dead lively, right through the glass 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | past | They | the window | | the glass | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent window=Theme through glass=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They pushed the door open slowly, dead lively, and slithered in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:t4:o4:1 # text = They pushed the door open slowly, dead lively, and slithered in 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 slithered slither VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | past | They | the door | | | | open, slowly *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme | | 2 | **slither** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «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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