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title: Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Warlock: the Soldi…

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Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** know, beat · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t3:1
# text = Bro, how did the soldier even know how to beat him?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	beat	beat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **beat** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme |

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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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The Warlock was bragging about his maggot and the soldier listened closely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t3:o1:1
# text = The Warlock was bragging about his maggot and the soldier listened closely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bragging	brag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	maggot	maggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brag** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the Warlock |  |  |  |  | about Warlock's maggot | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about maggot=Topic |
| 2 | **listen** | past | the soldier |  |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He had secretly learned the Warlock's weakness from an old peasant woman in the village long before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t3:o2:1
# text = He had secretly learned the Warlock's weakness from an old peasant woman in the village long before
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	weakness	weakness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	peasant	peasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
18	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past · perfect | He | the Warlock's weakness |  |  |  | from a old peasant woman in the village; before, secretly *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent weakness=Topic from woman=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Warlock was bragging and he listened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t3:o3:1
# text = The Warlock was bragging and he listened
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bragging	brag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	listened	listen	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 | **brag** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the Warlock |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **listen** | past | Warlock |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He tricked the Warlock with a riddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:479-pg22373-part71:t3:o4:1
# text = He tricked the Warlock with a riddle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Warlock	Warlock	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | He | the Warlock |  |  |  | with a riddle | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warlock=Patient |

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