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title: ok but why was the stone the trick? — Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: ok but why was the stone the trick? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Woe and the Peasant, part 43: the peas…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ok but why was the stone the trick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stone · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t8:1
# text = ok but why was the stone the trick?
1	ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the stone |  |  |  |  | why *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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was too heavy for Woe to lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t8:o1:1
# text = it was too heavy for Woe to lift
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	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for Woe; heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it blocked the gold from Woe's sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t8:o2:1
# text = it blocked the gold from Woe's sight
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | past | it | the gold |  | Woe's sight |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer gold=Beneficiary from sight=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sight** |  | Woe |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was heavy and kept Woe trapped under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t8:o3:1
# text = it was heavy and kept Woe trapped under it
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	Woe	Woe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past |  | Woe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **trap** | participle | Woe *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it was an enchanted stone that the merchants had buried there to keep Woe from ever leaving the plain

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:451-pg22373-part43:t8:o4:1
# text = it was an enchanted stone that the merchants had buried there to keep Woe from ever leaving the plain
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
14	Woe	woe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	17	advmod	_	_
17	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a enchanted stone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bury** | past · perfect · passive |  | the merchants |  | there |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | Woe |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woe=Theme |
| 5 | **leave** | gerund |  | the plain |  |  | ever |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plain=Theme |

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