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title: the cudgel went wild on the townsfolk, right? what happened after? — Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics
description: the cudgel went wild on the townsfolk, right? what happened after? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 467 «Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 6 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cudgel went wild on the townsfolk, right? what happened after?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cudgel · **What happens:** go, happen after · **To what, where:** townsfolk

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 467 «Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's pike-magic pails, sledge and cudgel make the town angry, so they plan a trick» 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/467-pg22373-part59/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t6:1
# text = the cudgel went wild on the townsfolk, right? what happened after?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the cudgel |  |  | the townsfolk |  | wild *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on townsfolk=Location |
| 2 | **happen after** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they all got knocked down like corn bundles and then the fool walked home happily

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t6:o1:1
# text = they all got knocked down like corn bundles and then the fool walked home happily
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	det	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bundles	bundle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | like corn bundles | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **walk** | past | the fool |  |  |  | then | happily, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they all fell down in the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t6:o2:1
# text = they all fell down in the street
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall down** | past | they |  |  | the street |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in street=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they all got knocked down like corn bundles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t6:o3:1
# text = they all got knocked down like corn bundles
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	knocked	knock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bundles	bundle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | like corn bundles | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they fell over like sacks of grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t6:o4:1
# text = they fell over like sacks of grain
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall over** | past | they |  |  |  |  | like sacks of grain; over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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