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description: the merchants chill and let them stay, yeah? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…

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the merchants chill and let them stay, yeah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchants · **What happens:** chill, let, stay · **To what, where:** merchants

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» 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/489-pg22373-part81/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:t13:1
# text = the merchants chill and let them stay, yeah?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** | infinitive | the merchants |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | the merchants *not said here* | merchants *= merchant* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | merchants *= merchant* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, they said hospitality is a must

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:t13:o1:1
# text = yep, they said hospitality is a must
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they | hospitality |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hospitality=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they said it's always your duty to host strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, they said it's always your duty to host strangers
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	host	host	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | your duty |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **host** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | strangers |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they said it's always your duty to take in travelers no matter who they are

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, they said it's always your duty to take in travelers no matter who they are
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	travelers	traveler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	appos	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | your duty |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | travelers |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument traveler=Theme matter=Destination |
| 4 | **is a** | present | travelers *= traveler* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they said it's always your duty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:t13:o4:1
# text = yeah, they said it's always your duty
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | your duty |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

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