--- title: wait, what did the princess say about counting the cows — Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Iv… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, what did the princess say about counting the cows Test 11 · ★ of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/465-pg22373-part57/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Iv…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/465-pg22373-part57/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat… wait, what did the princess say about counting the cows **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, princess · **What happens:** wait, say, count · **To what, where:** cows · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 465 «Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Katoma swaps clothes with Prince Ivan and tears off a cow's hide» 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/465-pg22373-part57/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t11:1 # text = wait, what did the princess say about counting the cows 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 about about SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **count** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | the cows | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | 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} she has the maids count them from the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t11:o1:1 # text = she has the maids count them from the gate 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **count** | present | the maids | them *= they* | | the gate | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she always counts them herself from the balcony ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t11:o2:1 # text = she always counts them herself from the balcony 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | she | them *= they* | | the balcony | | herself *= she* *obl*; always *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} she counts them from the stable window at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t11:o3:1 # text = she counts them from the stable window at dawn 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | she | them *= they* | | the stable window | dawn | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she counts them herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t11:o4:1 # text = she counts them herself 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 counts count VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | she | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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