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title: No cap, what did the devil tell the imp to do? — Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Brea… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, what did the devil tell the imp to do? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Test 4 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasan…

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No cap, what did the devil tell the imp to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** devil, cap · **What happens:** tell, do · **To what, where:** cap · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 491 «Russian Folk-Tales, Uncle Sidor's Bread, part 83: a peasant saves his crust, a little demon steals it and then serves him» 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/491-pg22373-part83/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:t4:1
# text = No cap, what did the devil tell the imp to do?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	devil	Devil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	imp	imp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the devil | no cap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | no cap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Go work for him three years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:t4:o1:1
# text = Go work for him three years
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | work |  |  | year | for him *= he* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location work=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go back to bed now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:t4:o2:1
# text = Go back to bed now
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | to bed *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to bed=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go hide in the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:t4:o3:1
# text = Go hide in the well
1	Go	Go	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Go |  |  | the well |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in well=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go eat all the bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:491-pg22373-part83:t4:o4:1
# text = Go eat all the bread
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | all bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

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