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title: wait, why did the Princess even get mad at the kid? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midn… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did the Princess even get mad at the kid? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1:…

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wait, why did the Princess even get mad at the kid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Princess · **What happens:** wait, get

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 469 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier's Midnight Watch, part 1: a priest's son outwits a witch princess, then a soldier is warned about a merchant's daughter» 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/469-pg22373-part61/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t2:1
# text = wait, why did the Princess even get mad at the kid?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	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	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past · do-support | the Princess |  |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was out at the palace making noise and peeping at her window all night, honestly wild

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t2:o1:1
# text = cause he was out at the palace making noise and peeping at her window all night, honestly wild
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	window	window	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	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | cause |  |  | the palace |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | the palace *not said here* | noise |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product |
| 3 | **peep** | gerund | the palace *not said here* |  |  |  | night | at her window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at window=Theme |
| 4 | **be** |  | cause *not said here* |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he peeped at her through a gap, lowkey wild

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t2:o2:1
# text = cause he peeped at her through a gap, lowkey wild
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	peeped	peep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peep** | past | cause |  |  | a gap |  | at her *= she* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was peeping in her window every night and sneaking around the palace, lowkey creepy

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t2:o3:1
# text = cause he was peeping in her window every night and sneaking around the palace, lowkey creepy
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
12	around	around	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	creepy	creepy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peep** | past · progressive | cause |  |  |  | night | in her window | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in window=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak** | gerund | cause *not said here* |  |  | the palace and lowkey creepy |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around palace=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cause he was peeping in her window, lowkey creepy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:469-pg22373-part61:t2:o4:1
# text = cause he was peeping in her window, lowkey creepy
1	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	peeping	peep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	creepy	creepy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peep** | past · progressive | he | cause and lowkey creepy *not said here* |  | her window |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cause=Theme |

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