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title: Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest? Test 6 · ★ 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 each option; Mo
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

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Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Likho · **What happens:** chase · **To what, where:** Ngl, forest

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t6:1
# text = Ngl, why did Likho chase him through the forest?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Likho	Likho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past · do-support | Likho | Ngl |  | the forest |  | Ngl *vocative* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme through forest=Trajectory |

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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}

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Cuz he tricked her and was running off with her sheep, so obvi she chased him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t6:o1:1
# text = Cuz he tricked her and was running off with her sheep, so obvi she chased him
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	16	dep	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | Cuz | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **run off** | past · progressive | Cuz *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with her sheep | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with sheep=Material |
| 3 | **chase** | past | she | Cuz |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cuz he was trying to escape, obvi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t6:o2:1
# text = Cuz he was trying to escape, obvi
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | Cuz | obvi |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cuz *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cuz he stole her golden hatchet, obvi

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t6:o3:1
# text = Cuz he stole her golden hatchet, obvi
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	obvi	obvi	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Cuz | her golden hatchet |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hatchet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cuz he tried to escape her cottage and steal her golden hatchet from the tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t6:o4:1
# text = Cuz he tried to escape her cottage and steal her golden hatchet from the tree
1	Cuz	Cuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past | Cuz |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **escape** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cuz *not said here* | her cottage |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cottage=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **steal** | present | Cuz *not said here* | her golden hatchet |  | the tree |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hatchet=Theme from tree=Source |

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