--- title: ngl, what's a dowry, is it like money? — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair… · tree and pragmatics description: ngl, what's a dowry, is it like money? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/441-pg22373-part33/t13/) [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 Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/441-pg22373-part33/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying m… ngl, what's a dowry, is it like money? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dowry This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 441 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Fair, part 33: a dying mother leaves a doll, and a stepmother makes Vasilissa work» 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/441-pg22373-part33/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t13:1 # text = ngl, what's a dowry, is it like money? 1 ngl ngl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 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 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ngl | a dowry | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | ngl | | | | | like money | tree rules | 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} nope, it's a dress ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t13:o1:1 # text = nope, it's a dress 1 nope nope INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a dress | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} nah, it's the land a groom owns ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t13:o2:1 # text = nah, it's the land a groom owns 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 groom groom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 owns own VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the land | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **own** | present | a groom | the land *not said here* | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, it's the stuff a bride brings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t13:o3:1 # text = yeah, it's the stuff a bride brings 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the stuff | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | present | a bride | the stuff *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, it's the food a bride cooks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:441-pg22373-part33:t13:o4:1 # text = yeah, it's the food a bride cooks 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 cooks cook VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | the food | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cook** | present | a bride | the food *not said here* | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient | **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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