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title: Lowkey, how did the tub even get back to land? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the P… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lowkey, how did the tub even get back to land? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 468 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magic orders win a palace and the King's pardon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magi…

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Lowkey, how did the tub even get back to land?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lowkey · **What happens:** get back, land

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 468 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fool and the Pike: the fool's magic orders win a palace and the King's pardon» 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/468-pg22373-part60/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:468-pg22373-part60:t4:1
# text = Lowkey, how did the tub even get back to land?
1	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tub	tub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past · do-support | Lowkey |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **land** | to-infinitive | Lowkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The King sent a boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:468-pg22373-part60:t4:o1:1
# text = The King sent a boat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the King | a boat |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wife swam it in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:468-pg22373-part60:t4:o2:1
# text = The wife swam it in
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swam	swim	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | past | the wife | it |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A whale pushed it in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:468-pg22373-part60:t4:o3:1
# text = A whale pushed it in
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pushed	push	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | a whale | it |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The fool ordered it ashore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:468-pg22373-part60:t4:o4:1
# text = The fool ordered it ashore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ordered	order	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	ashore	ashore	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the fool | it |  |  |  | ashore *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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