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title: Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade? Test 8 · ★ 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 e
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and Likho: a smith tricks an…

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Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade?

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

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t8:1
# text = Real talk, what did he claim to the village about his comrade?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past · do-support | he | Real talk | the village about his comrade |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to village=Recipient |

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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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Said Likho devoured his comrade whole in the cottage while he escaped, wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t8:o1:1
# text = Said Likho devoured his comrade whole in the cottage while he escaped, wild
1	Said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	devoured	devour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	comrade	comrade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **devour** | past | Likho | Likho's comrade |  | the cottage |  | whole *property* | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comrade=Patient |
| 3 | **escape** | past | Likho |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Claimed Likho ate him, crazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t8:o2:1
# text = Claimed Likho ate him, crazy
1	Claimed	claim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	crazy	crazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Likho |  |  |  |  | crazy, eat *property* | tree rules |

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

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Said Likho ate him up, wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t8:o3:1
# text = Said Likho ate him up, wild
1	Said	Said	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat up** | past | Said | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Said Likho ate him up after he'd lost his hand to her, wild stuff

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:450-pg22373-part42:t8:o4:1
# text = Said Likho ate him up after he'd lost his hand to her, wild stuff
1	Said	Said	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Likho	Likho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat up** | past | Said | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | past · perfect | Said | Said's hand | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality |

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