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title: was the groom gutted about it, like, upset? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: was the groom gutted about it, like, upset? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 11 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
was the groom gutted about it, like, upset?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, gut · **To what, where:** groom

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 477 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Friends: a groom drinks with a dead man and wakes three hundred years late» 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/477-pg22373-part69/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:t11:1
# text = was the groom gutted about it, like, upset?
1	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	groom	groom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	gutted	gut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the groom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gut** | participle |  | the groom *not said here* |  |  |  | about it | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he was well upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:t11:o1:1
# text = yeah, he was well upset
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | upset, well *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he was really upset and kept going on about it for weeks after

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:t11:o2:1
# text = yeah, he was really upset and kept going on about it for weeks after
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go on** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | week | about it | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he was proper devastated and couldn't stop thinking about it for ages after

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:t11:o3:1
# text = yeah, he was proper devastated and couldn't stop thinking about it for ages after
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	devastated	devastate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devastate after** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | could |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  | for ages | about it | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, he was sad, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:477-pg22373-part69:t11:o4:1
# text = yeah, he was sad, mate
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; sad *property* | tree rules |

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