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title: so why's the bear going round lookin for someone? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics
description: so why's the bear going round lookin for someone? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

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so why's the bear going round lookin for someone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** go round · **To what, where:** lookin

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 700 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40: the fox tricks the magpie and the crow, then meets a bear who needs a mourner» 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/700-pg2435-part40/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t13:1
# text = so why's the bear going round lookin for someone?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	lookin	lookin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go round** | present · progressive | the bear | lookin |  |  |  | for someone | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for someone=Beneficiary |

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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 -->
to seek a helper for his lost cub

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t13:o1:1
# text = to seek a helper for his lost cub
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	seek	seek	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | to-infinitive |  | a helper |  |  |  | for his lost cub | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent helper=Location for cub=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to find a crow to fly with him and sing for his dead wife's grave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t13:o2:1
# text = to find a crow to fly with him and sing for his dead wife's grave
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a crow |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent crow=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with crow | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for crow's dead wife's grave | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for grave=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to find someone to mourn his dead wife, since the fox ate her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t13:o3:1
# text = to find someone to mourn his dead wife, since the fox ate her
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	mourn	mourn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic |
| 2 | **mourn** | to-infinitive | the fox *not said here* | his dead wife |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
| 3 | **eat** | past | the fox | wife |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to find a mourner for his dead wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t13:o4:1
# text = to find a mourner for his dead wife
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mourner	mourner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a mourner |  |  |  | for his dead wife | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mourner=Theme for wife=Beneficiary |

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