--- title: so why'd vasilissa help the prince out, bruh? — Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the… · tree and pragmatics description: so why'd vasilissa help the prince out, bruh? Test 9 · ★ 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 each opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/436-pg22373-part28/t9/) [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 Fairy Tales, The King and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/436-pg22373-part28/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The King and the Eagle, part 28: the… so why'd vasilissa help the prince out, bruh? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** vasilissa · **What happens:** help out · **To what, where:** prince This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t9:1 # text = so why'd vasilissa help the prince out, bruh? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 vasilissa vasilissa NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 bruh bruh INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help out** | present | vasilissa | | the prince | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Beneficiary | 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} he gave her shift back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t9:o1:1 # text = he gave her shift back 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shift shift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | past | he | her shift | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shift=Theme | | 2 | **shift** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom shift «event transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was her cousin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t9:o2:1 # text = he was her cousin 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | he | her cousin | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} he promised her gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t9:o3:1 # text = he promised her gold 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | he | her gold | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he gave her shift back after she showed him the bridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:436-pg22373-part28:t9:o4:1 # text = he gave her shift back after she showed him the bridge 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 shift shift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** | past | he | her shift | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shift=Theme | | 2 | **show** | past | she | the bridge | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bridge=Topic | | 3 | **shift** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom shift «event transitive»: poss=agent | **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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