--- title: Dude, how did the villagers finish off the corpse? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Dude, how did the villagers finish off the corpse? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/478-pg22373-part70/t7/) [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 Moujik and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/478-pg22373-part70/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: th… Dude, how did the villagers finish off the corpse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude, villagers · **What happens:** do, finish off · **To what, where:** corpse This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» 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/478-pg22373-part70/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:t7:1 # text = Dude, how did the villagers finish off the corpse? 1 Dude dude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 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 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 finish finish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Dude | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **finish off** | present | the villagers | the corpse | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality corpse=Eventuality | 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} Hammered a long wooden stake through its body while praying loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:t7:o1:1 # text = Hammered a long wooden stake through its body while praying loudly 1 Hammered hammer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 praying pray VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 advcl _ _ 11 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hammer** | past | | a long wooden stake | | stake's body | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stake=Theme through body=Trajectory | | 2 | **pray** | gerund | | | | | | loudly *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stabbed it with a knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:t7:o2:1 # text = Stabbed it with a knife 1 Stabbed stab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stab** | past | | it | | | | with a knife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with knife=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} Drove a sharpened aspen stake deep into its chest and heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:t7:o3:1 # text = Drove a sharpened aspen stake deep into its chest and heart 1 Drove drove VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sharpened sharpen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 aspen aspen NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 stake stake VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 deep deep ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drove** | imperative | you *not said here* | a sharpened aspen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sharpen** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **stake** | infinitive | you *not said here* | aspen's chest and heart | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Drove an aspen stake in ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:t7:o4:1 # text = Drove an aspen stake in 1 Drove drove VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aspen aspen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drove** | imperative | you *not said here* | a aspen stake | | | | | tree rules | **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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