--- title: Wait, what was the brush for, like? — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what was the brush for, like? Test 3 · ★ 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 option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/446-pg22373-part38/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Witch-Snake: Princ… Wait, what was the brush for, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** brush This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t3:1 # text = Wait, what was the brush for, like? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brush brush NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 like like INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 a** | past | | the brush | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Making big mountains pop up from the ground so the witch can't follow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t3:o1:1 # text = Making big mountains pop up from the ground so the witch can't follow 1 Making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pop pop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **pop up** | present | Making big mountains | | | the ground | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **follow** | can | the witch | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Making high mountains pop up out of the plain whenever you throw it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t3:o2:1 # text = Making high mountains pop up out of the plain whenever you throw it 1 Making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pop pop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 throw throw VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **pop up** | present | Making high mountains | | | the plain | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out plain=Location | | 3 | **throw** | present | you | plain | | | | whenever *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sweeping the old floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t3:o3:1 # text = Sweeping the old floor 1 Sweeping sweep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | gerund | | the old floor | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Making mountains pop up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:446-pg22373-part38:t3:o4:1 # text = Making mountains pop up 1 Making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pop pop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **pop up** | present | Making mountains | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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