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title: So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 10 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** go back

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 479 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldier burns the wicked Warlock and the village is saved.» 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/479-pg22373-part71/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t10:1
# text = So after all that, did the soldier just go back to the army?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past · do-support | the soldier |  |  |  | after that | to the army *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to army=Result |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, he served the Tsar faithfully in the army and then retired to a quiet life in the village

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he served the Tsar faithfully in the army and then retired to a quiet life in the village
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	served	serve	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	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	retired	retire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | he | the Tsar |  | the army |  | faithfully *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tsar=Value in army=Location |
| 2 | **retire** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the village | then | to a quiet life | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he served the Tsar for years and then retired to live at ease in his village

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t10:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he served the Tsar for years and then retired to live at ease in his village
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	served	serve	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	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	retired	retired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ease	ease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | he | the Tsar |  |  | year |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Attribute |
| 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | ease |  | in his village | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ease=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he served the Tsar and then retired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t10:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he served the Tsar and then retired
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	served	serve	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	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	retired	retired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | he | the Tsar |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he went back to the regiment and fought

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t10:o4:1
# text = Yes, he went back to the regiment and fought
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	regiment	regiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | he |  |  |  |  | to the regiment *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to regiment=Result |
| 2 | **fight** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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