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title: real talk, what does Woe's name even mean in this story? — Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: real talk, what does Woe's name even mean in this story? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

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real talk, what does Woe's name even mean in this story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real talk, Woe · **What happens:** do, mean, name · **To what, where:** name

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 451 «Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peasant buries Woe under a stone» 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/451-pg22373-part43/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t11:1
# text = real talk, what does Woe's name even mean in this story?
1	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | real talk | Woe's name |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | present | real talk *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in this story | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in story=Attribute |
| 3 | **name** |  | Woe |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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a name given to the rich brother by his neighbours, meaning greed and cruelty that will never end

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t11:o1:1
# text = a name given to the rich brother by his neighbours, meaning greed and cruelty that will never end
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
13	greed	greed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | a name *not said here* |  |  |  | by his neighbours | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a name *not said here* | greed and cruelty |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greed=Topic |
| 3 | **not** **end** | future | greed and cruelty |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
grief and misfortune that won't let go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t11:o2:1
# text = grief and misfortune that won't let go
1	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | future |  | grief and misfortune |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | grief and misfortune *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a fierce spirit of drunken revelry that dances around every pot-house in the land

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t11:o3:1
# text = a fierce spirit of drunken revelry that dances around every pot-house in the land
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	drunken	drunken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	revelry	revelry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dances	dance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	around	around	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
11	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance around** | present | a fierce spirit of drunken revelry | every pot house |  | the land |  | around *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location house=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a rich merchant who lives in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t11:o4:1
# text = a rich merchant who lives in town
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | a rich merchant |  |  | town |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |

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