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title: so why'd Ivan keep herding cows every day? — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why'd Ivan keep herding cows every day? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

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so why'd Ivan keep herding cows every day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ivan · **What happens:** keep, herd · **To what, where:** herding cows

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» 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/463-pg22373-part55/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t13:1
# text = so why'd Ivan keep herding cows every day?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	herding	herd	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | would | Ivan | herding cows |  |  | day |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |
| 2 | **herd** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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Because he liked cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t13:o1:1
# text = Because he liked cows
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | he | cows |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wanted to keep the cows safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t13:o2:1
# text = He wanted to keep the cows safe
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the cows |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because his wife assigned him the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t13:o3:1
# text = Because his wife assigned him the work
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past | his wife | the work | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal work=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Because his wife left him that job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:t13:o4:1
# text = Because his wife left him that job
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | his wife | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme job=Attribute |

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