--- title: Okay, why did the Eagle say he was scared? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and… · tree and pragmatics description: Okay, why did the Eagle say he was scared? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/t11/) [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, The Water King and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,… Okay, why did the Eagle say he was scared? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Eagle · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» 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/435-pg22373-part27/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t11:1 # text = Okay, why did the Eagle say he was scared? 1 Okay okay INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Eagle Eagle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Eagle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Eagle | | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | 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} cos he was scared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t11:o1:1 # text = cos he was scared 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | cos *not said here* | | | | scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} cos he was dropped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t11:o2:1 # text = cos he was dropped 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} cos he got chucked, no cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t11:o3:1 # text = cos he got chucked, no cap 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 chucked chuck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cos he was dropped, no cap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t11:o4:1 # text = cos he was dropped, no cap 1 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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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