--- title: wait, why were the townspeople so mad at the fool anyway? — Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, why were the townspeople so mad at the fool anyway? Test 7 · ★ 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 and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/467-pg22373-part59/t7/) [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 Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/467-pg22373-part59/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's… wait, why were the townspeople so mad at the fool anyway? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** townspeople This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t7:1 # text = wait, why were the townspeople so mad at the fool anyway? 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 townspeople townspeople NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the townspeople | | | | | tree rules | 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} he hit them and broke the bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t7:o1:1 # text = he hit them and broke the bread 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | | 2 | **break** | past | he *not said here* | the bread | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} he knocked them down and wrecked the whole town with his cudgel and their houses too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t7:o2:1 # text = he knocked them down and wrecked the whole town with his cudgel and their houses too 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock down** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **wreck** | past | he *not said here* | the whole town | | | | with his cudgel | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent town=Patient with cudgel=Instrument | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he knocked them down and wrecked the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t7:o3:1 # text = he knocked them down and wrecked the town 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock down** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **wreck** | past | he *not said here* | the town | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} he beat them and broke their carts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t7:o4:1 # text = he beat them and broke their carts 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 carts cart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beat** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 2 | **break** | past | he *not said here* | their carts | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cart=Patient | **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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