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title: Was the Pope's second cure a bit of a wind-up? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Pope's second cure a bit of a wind-up? Test 8 · ★ 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 pragmatics of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Was the Pope's second cure a bit of a wind-up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** second cure

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t8:1
# text = Was the Pope's second cure a bit of a wind-up?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Pope's second cure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 -->
Nah, he was dead serious about curing her with holy words and gentle prayers

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t8:o1:1
# text = Nah, he was dead serious about curing her with holy words and gentle prayers
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	curing	cure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cure** | gerund | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | with holy words and gentle prayers | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer she=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was messin' with the King

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he was messin' with the King
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	messin	messin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | messin |  |  |  | with the King | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was hacking her up like meat for the King's own dinner table

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he was hacking her up like meat for the King's own dinner table
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hacking	hack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hack up** | past · progressive | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | like meat for the King's own dinner table | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he was hacking her up like meat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he was hacking her up like meat
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	hacking	hack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	meat	meat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hack up** | past · progressive | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | like meat | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |

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