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title: Mate, so the Pope was mingin' and didn't even pay Nicholas? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, so the Pope was mingin' and didn't even pay Nicholas? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, so the Pope was mingin' and didn't even pay Nicholas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pope · **What happens:** be, not pay · **To what, where:** mingin, Nicholas

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» 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/486-pg22373-part78/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t2:1
# text = Mate, so the Pope was mingin' and didn't even pay Nicholas?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mingin	mingin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Pope | mingin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **pay** | past · do-support |  |  | Nicholas |  |  | Mate *vocative* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nicholas=Asset |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he never paid Nicholas a penny, the cheeky git, proper mingin'

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t2:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he never paid Nicholas a penny, the cheeky git, proper mingin'
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	git	git	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	mingin	mingin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pay** | past | he |  | Nicholas |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent nicholas=Recipient penny=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he got battered with the keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t2:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he got battered with the keys
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	battered	batter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **batter** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | with the keys | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with key=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he battered his picture with the keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t2:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he battered his picture with the keys
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	battered	batter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **batter** | past | he | his picture |  |  |  | with the keys | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent picture=Patient with key=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he gave Nicholas a fat purse of gold and kissed his feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t2:o4:1
# text = Nah, he gave Nicholas a fat purse of gold and kissed his feet
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | a fat purse of gold | Nicholas |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent nicholas=Recipient purse=Theme |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | he *not said here* | Nicholas's feet |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Co-Agent |

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