--- title: Wait, what kept snapping every time he blessed them? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the f… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what kept snapping every time he blessed them? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 476 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and a rich moujik's release» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/476-pg22373-part68/t5/) [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 Fiddler: the f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/476-pg22373-part68/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and… Wait, what kept snapping every time he blessed them? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, keep, snap, bless · **To what, where:** them This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 476 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Fiddler: the fiends, a bridge and a rich moujik's release» 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/476-pg22373-part68/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:t5:1 # text = Wait, what kept snapping every time he blessed them? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 snapping snap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **keep** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **snap** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **bless** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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} his bow hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:t5:o1:1 # text = his bow hair 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the tuning pegs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:t5:o2:1 # text = the tuning pegs 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tuning tuning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 pegs peg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the thin strings of the Fiddler's old fiddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:t5:o3:1 # text = the thin strings of the Fiddler's old fiddle 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fiddler Fiddler PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fiddle fiddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the strings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:476-pg22373-part68:t5:o4:1 # text = the strings 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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