--- title: and what did the wolf say he could do? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics description: and what did the wolf say he could do? Test 14 · ★ 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 of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/700-pg2435-part40/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/700-pg2435-part40/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:… and what did the wolf say he could do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wolf · **What happens:** do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t14:1 # text = and what did the wolf say he could do? 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the wolf | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | could | wolf | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} mourn for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t14:o1:1 # text = mourn for him 1 mourn mourn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mourn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for him *= he* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for he=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} hunt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t14:o2:1 # text = hunt 1 hunt hunt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hunt** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} cry for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t14:o3:1 # text = cry for him 1 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} sing for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t14:o4:1 # text = sing for him 1 sing sing VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for him *= he* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for he=Recipient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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