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title: Ngl, why did the Prince suddenly remember her? — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, why did the Prince suddenly remember her? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

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Ngl, why did the Prince suddenly remember her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** remember · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» 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/437-pg22373-part29/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t8:1
# text = Ngl, why did the Prince suddenly remember her?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past · do-support | Ngl | her *= she* |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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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He tasted the curds and the memory came back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t8:o1:1
# text = He tasted the curds and the memory came back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tasted	taste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	curds	curd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | past | He | the curds |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme curd=Attribute |
| 2 | **come back** | past | the memory |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A messenger came to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t8:o2:1
# text = A messenger came to him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a messenger |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The kiss wore off after the wedding feast was over at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t8:o3:1
# text = The kiss wore off after the wedding feast was over at last
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear off** | past | the kiss |  |  | last |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at last=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | after the wedding feast | over *property* | tree rules |

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

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The doves talked about him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:t8:o4:1
# text = The doves talked about him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | past | the doves |  |  |  |  | about him *= he* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic |

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