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title: wait so baba yaga is like a witch in a hut, right? — Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so baba yaga is like a witch in a hut, right? Test 3 · ★ 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 and of eac
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the…

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wait so baba yaga is like a witch in a hut, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, baba yaga · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** hut

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t3:1
# text = wait so baba yaga is like a witch in a hut, right?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	baba	baba	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	compound	_	_
4	yaga	yaga	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 | **is** | present | baba yaga |  |  | a hut |  | like a witch | tree rules |

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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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no, she lives in a cave by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t3:o1:1
# text = no, she lives in a cave by the river
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | she |  |  | a cave |  | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cave=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, she lives in a hut in the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t3:o2:1
# text = yes, she lives in a hut in the forest
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | she |  |  | a hut |  | in the forest | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she's a queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t3:o3:1
# text = no, she's a queen
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | she | a queen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she lives at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t3:o4:1
# text = no, she lives at sea
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | she |  |  | sea |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Location |

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