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title: Bruh, why'd he tie her with the thick cord, not the skinny one? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruh, why'd he tie her with the thick cord, not the skinny one? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

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Bruh, why'd he tie her with the thick cord, not the skinny one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** tie · **To what, where:** her

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 450 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an old woman, loses his hand, and runs home» 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/450-pg22373-part42/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t2:1
# text = Bruh, why'd he tie her with the thick cord, not the skinny one?
1	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tie	tie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | would | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | with the thick cord and the skinny one | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient with cord=Co-Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz the skinny one's weak, fr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t2:o1:1
# text = Cuz the skinny one's weak, fr
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cuz the skinny one snapped right away when she pulled on it, no cap at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t2:o2:1
# text = Cuz the skinny one snapped right away when she pulled on it, no cap at all
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | Cuz | no cap at all |  |  |  | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **pull** | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  | on it | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz the skinny one snapped, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t2:o3:1
# text = Cuz the skinny one snapped, no cap
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	skinny	skinny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	snapped	snap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | past | Cuz | no cap |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cuz the thin one tore, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t2:o4:1
# text = Cuz the thin one tore, no cap
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tore	tore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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