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title: so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a… — Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena th… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a horse? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 466 «Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins t…

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so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dead dad · **What happens:** pop up, hand · **To what, where:** grave, horse, Vanya

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 466 «Russian Folk-Tales, Princess Helena the Fair: Vanya wins the princess on his dead father's magic horse» 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/466-pg22373-part58/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t2:1
# text = so the dead dad literally pops up out of his grave and hands Vanya a horse?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pops	pop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	hands	hand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	Vanya	Vanya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pop up** | present | the dead dad |  |  | dad's grave |  | literally *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out grave=Location |
| 2 | **hand** | present | the dead dad *not said here* | a horse | Vanya |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent vanya=Destination horse=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the dad rose up and handed over a horse and then went back under the ground for good

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t2:o1:1
# text = yep, the dad rose up and handed over a horse and then went back under the ground for good
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	handed	hand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	under	under	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | past | the dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hand** | participle | the dad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go back** | past | the dad *not said here* |  |  | the ground | then | for good | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, he rode a bus home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t2:o2:1
# text = nah, he rode a bus home
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | he | a bus home |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, straight up, no cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t2:o3:1
# text = yep, straight up, no cap
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	straight	straight	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **straight up** | imperative | you *not said here* | no cap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it was a dream the son had while sleeping by the grave all night long

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:466-pg22373-part58:t2:o4:1
# text = nah, it was a dream the son had while sleeping by the grave all night long
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a dream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the dream son |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | gerund | the dream son *not said here* |  |  |  | night | by the grave | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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