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title: dude, what was the deal with Woe anyway? — Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: dude, what was the deal with Woe anyway? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice was right
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

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dude, what was the deal with Woe anyway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dude · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** deal

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t4:1
# text = dude, what was the deal with Woe anyway?
1	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | dude | the deal |  |  |  | with Woe; anyway *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was a demon sent from town to steal his cellar, his cart and every last coin

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t4:o1:1
# text = it was a demon sent from town to steal his cellar, his cart and every last coin
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	demon	demon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	steal	steal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
17	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a demon and his cart and every last coin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  | a demon and his cart and every last coin *not said here* |  | town |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from town=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **steal** | to-infinitive |  | his cellar |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cellar=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it begged him to go and find money for the drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t4:o2:1
# text = it begged him to go and find money for the drink
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | it |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | infinitive |  | money |  |  |  | for the drink | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent money=Theme for drink=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was the rich brother's spirit trying to take his money and his cottage

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t4:o3:1
# text = it was the rich brother's spirit trying to take his money and his cottage
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the rich brother's spirit and his cottage *not said here* | his money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it kept saying let's drink, let's drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t4:o4:1
# text = it kept saying let's drink, let's drink
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **drink** | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **let** | infinitive |  | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **drink** | infinitive | 's *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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