--- title: Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldi… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldier? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 471 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/471-pg22373-part63/t8/) [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, The Soldier and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/471-pg22373-part63/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier… Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldier? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** merchant · **What happens:** do, see · **To what, where:** soldier This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 471 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her» 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/471-pg22373-part63/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:t8:1 # text = Proper, what did the merchant do with his eyes when he saw the soldier? 1 Proper properly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 merchant merchant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | properly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the merchant | | | | | with merchant's eyes | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | merchant | the soldier | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer soldier=Stimulus | 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} he stared at the Soldier with eyes full of tears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:t8:o1:1 # text = he stared at the Soldier with eyes full of tears 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | past | he | | | | | with eyes; at the Soldier | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at soldier=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} stared with them wide open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:t8:o2:1 # text = stared with them wide open 1 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | past | | | | | | with them *= they*; open, wide *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} he covered them with his hands and wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:t8:o3:1 # text = he covered them with his hands and wept 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 covered cover 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 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | with his hands | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with hand=Theme | | 2 | **weep** | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} opened them very slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:t8:o4:1 # text = opened them very slowly 1 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | | them *= they* | | | | slowly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | **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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