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title: ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik? — Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 2 · ★ · Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl · **What happens:** sell · **To what, where:** corn, Priest

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 484 «Slavonic Myths, Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas: a field, a sale, and two candles» 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/484-pg22373-part76/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t2:1
# text = ngl, was selling the corn to the Priest a W or an L for the Moujik?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	W	W	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Moujik	Moujik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past · progressive | ngl | the corn | the Priest |  |  | a W or a L for the Moujik *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent corn=Theme to priest=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An L, the Priest cheated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t2:o1:1
# text = An L, the Priest cheated
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** | past | a L |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An L, the hail wrecked it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t2:o2:1
# text = An L, the hail wrecked it
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | past | a L | hail |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An L, but honestly a W too, because the Priest paid him well before the storm

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t2:o3:1
# text = An L, but honestly a W too, because the Priest paid him well before the storm
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	L	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	W	W	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | the Priest | a W |  |  | before the storm | well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A W, since he got cash before the hail wrecked the rest of his field

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:484-pg22373-part76:t2:o4:1
# text = A W, since he got cash before the hail wrecked the rest of his field
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	W	W	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | W | cash |  |  | before the hail |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cash=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wreck** | past | a W | the rest of W's field |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |

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