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title: Bro, why does the writer talk about vampires at the very end? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why does the writer talk about vampires at the very end? Test 14 · ★ 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 quest
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# Test 14 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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Bro, why does the writer talk about vampires at the very end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** writer · **What happens:** talk · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t14:1
# text = Bro, why does the writer talk about vampires at the very end?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	vampires	vampire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present · do-support | the writer |  |  |  | at the end | about vampires; Bro *vocative* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about vampire=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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To explain why the bride's family was wealthy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t14:o1:1
# text = To explain why the bride's family was wealthy
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the bride's family |  |  |  |  | wealthy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t14:o2:1
# text = Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Slavonic	Slavonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | such stories |  |  |  |  | among Slavonic peoples; common *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples and the writer heard them as a child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t14:o3:1
# text = Because such stories are common among Slavonic peoples and the writer heard them as a child
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Slavonic	Slavonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | such stories |  |  |  |  | among Slavonic peoples; common *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | past | the writer | stories *= story* |  |  |  | as a child | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the writer once met a vampire himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t14:o4:1
# text = Because the writer once met a vampire himself
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vampire	vampire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | the writer | a vampire |  |  |  | writer *obl*; once *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vampire=Co-Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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