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title: Dead serious, how long were they travelling? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dead serious, how long were they travelling? Test 13 · ★ 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 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

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Dead serious, how long were they travelling?

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

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t13:1
# text = Dead serious, how long were they travelling?
1	Dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Seven years of walking through forests and deserts and hills and cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t13:o1:1
# text = Seven years of walking through forests and deserts and hills and cities
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | Seven years *not said here* |  |  | forests and deserts and hills and cities |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three months, loads of rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t13:o2:1
# text = Three months, loads of rivers
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Three years, loads of countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t13:o3:1
# text = Three years, loads of countries
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Three years, loads of countries and rivers and mountains and seas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:t13:o4:1
# text = Three years, loads of countries and rivers and mountains and seas
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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