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title: wait, what did the man say he would do with the cattle, bro? — Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, what did the man say he would do with the cattle, bro? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

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wait, what did the man say he would do with the cattle, bro?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, man · **What happens:** wait, say, do · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 436 «Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the King opens the coffers and his son must be given up» 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/436-pg22373-part28/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t12:1
# text = wait, what did the man say he would do with the cattle, bro?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | would | man |  |  |  |  | with the cattle and bro | 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}

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pack the cattle away and return them to the sea floor at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t12:o1:1
# text = pack the cattle away and return them to the sea floor at dawn
1	pack	pack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the cattle |  |  | away *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme cattle=Destination |
| 2 | **return** | infinitive | you *not said here* | cattle |  | the sea floor | dawn |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to floor=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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return them to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t12:o2:1
# text = return them to the sea
1	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the sea |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to sea=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pack all the cattle away into the coffer for a price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t12:o3:1
# text = pack all the cattle away into the coffer for a price
1	pack	pack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | imperative | you *not said here* | all cattle |  | the coffer |  | for a price; away *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme into coffer=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pack all the cattle away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t12:o4:1
# text = pack all the cattle away
1	pack	pack	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | all cattle |  |  | away *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme cattle=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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