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title: Bro, why do hares got no tails now, innit? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why do hares got no tails now, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 1 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

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Bro, why do hares got no tails now, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hares · **What happens:** do, get, innit · **To what, where:** tails

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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/462-pg22373-part54/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t1:1
# text = Bro, why do hares got no tails now, innit?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hares	hare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | hares | no tails |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tail=Stimulus |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Cos they got jammed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t1:o1:1
# text = Cos they got jammed
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jam** | past · passive |  | Cos *= co* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cos their tails got jammed between cliffs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t1:o2:1
# text = Cos their tails got jammed between cliffs
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jam** | past · passive |  | their tails |  | cliffs |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between cliff=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cos they got stuck in rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t1:o3:1
# text = Cos they got stuck in rocks
1	Cos	co	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Cos |  |  | rocks |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos a fox bit em off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t1:o4:1
# text = Cos a fox bit em off
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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