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title: so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him? — Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics
description: so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Emilian the Fool, part 59: the fool's…

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so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, catch · **To what, where:** big plan, him

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t8:1
# text = so what's the townspeople's big plan to catch him?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the townspeople's big plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **catch** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t8:o1:1
# text = offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots
1	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	caftan	caftan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | red clothes and a red caftan and boots | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal clothes=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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give him red clothes and boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t8:o2:1
# text = give him red clothes and boots
1	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | red clothes and boots | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clothes=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots and then catch him when he puts them on

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t8:o3:1
# text = offer him red clothes, a red caftan and boots and then catch him when he puts them on
1	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	caftan	caftan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	catch	catch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | red clothes and a red caftan and boots | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal clothes=Theme |
| 2 | **catch** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **put on** | present | he | clothes |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
offer him a red coat and hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:467-pg22373-part59:t8:o4:1
# text = offer him a red coat and hat
1	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | a red coat and hat | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal coat=Theme |

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