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title: ngl the magpie was so extra, what was he begging for? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His C… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the magpie was so extra, what was he begging for? Test 5 · ★ 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 pragmati
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# Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, The Fox and His Companions, part 40:…

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ngl the magpie was so extra, what was he begging for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, magpie · **What happens:** ngl, be, beg

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t5:1
# text = ngl the magpie was so extra, what was he begging for?
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	magpie	magpie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the magpie |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past · progressive | magpie |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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}

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the fox to spare his nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t5:o1:1
# text = the fox to spare his nest
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | to-infinitive |  | fox's nest |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent nest=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the fox not to cut his tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t5:o2:1
# text = the fox not to cut his tree
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cut** | to-infinitive | the fox | fox's tree |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the fox not to chop his branch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t5:o3:1
# text = the fox not to chop his branch
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	chop	chop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **chop** | to-infinitive | the fox | fox's branch |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to be spared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:700-pg2435-part40:t5:o4:1
# text = to be spared
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset» |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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