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title: ngl the princess be like "seize him," no cap, she was mad — Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Iv… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the princess be like "seize him," no cap, she was mad Test 3 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Katoma, Prince Ivan and the cows: Kat…

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ngl the princess be like "seize him," no cap, she was mad

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** princess · **What happens:** be, seize · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t3:1
# text = ngl the princess be like "seize him," no cap, she was mad
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	cop	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | ngl *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | no cap *obl* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | princess |  |  |  |  | mad *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}

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she screamed it real loud and everybody in the courtyard heard her clearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t3:o1:1
# text = she screamed it real loud and everybody in the courtyard heard her clearly
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	screamed	scream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | past | she | it |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **hear** | past | everybody | her *= she* |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah she yelled it loud and then ordered the guards to drag him off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah she yelled it loud and then ordered the guards to drag him off
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | she | it |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **order** | past | she *not said here* | the guards |  |  | then |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **drag off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the guards *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah she yelled it loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah she yelled it loud
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | she | it |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she yelled it at the cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:465-pg22373-part57:t3:o4:1
# text = she yelled it at the cows
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	yelled	yell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | past | she | it |  |  |  | at the cows | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent it=Theme at cow=Stimulus |

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