--- title: Dang, why was Ivan crying on the mountain? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Dang, why was Ivan crying on the mountain? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 446 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Prince Ivan escapes his sister and is weighed against her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/446-pg22373-part38/t12/) [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, Prince Ivan and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/446-pg22373-part38/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Princ… Dang, why was Ivan crying on the mountain? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ivan · **What happens:** be, cry · **To what, where:** Ivan, mountain This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 446 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Prince Ivan escapes his sister and is weighed against her» 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/446-pg22373-part38/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t12:1 # text = Dang, why was Ivan crying on the mountain? 1 Dang dang ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Ivan | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Ivan *not said here* | | | the mountain | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location | 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} Lost his old horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t12:o1:1 # text = Lost his old horse 1 Lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | his old horse | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t12:o2:1 # text = Hungry 1 Hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Missing his old home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t12:o3:1 # text = Missing his old home 1 Missing miss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | gerund | | his old home | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wanting his mother back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t12:o4:1 # text = Wanting his mother back 1 Wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want back** | gerund | | his mother | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mother=Theme | **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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