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title: Nah, what did the mum actually do to Osip? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nah, what did the mum actually do to Osip? Test 4 · ★ 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 and
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,…

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Nah, what did the mum actually do to Osip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** mum, Osip

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t4:1
# text = Nah, what did the mum actually do to Osip?
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Osip	Osip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the mum |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  | Osip |  |  | actually *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she chucked him in, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t4:o1:1
# text = she chucked him in, straight up
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she drowned him in the pond after dinner, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t4:o2:1
# text = she drowned him in the pond after dinner, straight up
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | she | him *= he* |  | the pond | after dinner |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she drowned him in the dike at night, proper mad, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t4:o3:1
# text = she drowned him in the dike at night, proper mad, straight up
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dike	dike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	up	up	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | she | him *= he* |  | the dike | night |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she drowned him, straight up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:t4:o4:1
# text = she drowned him, straight up
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | she | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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