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title: The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday. Why? — Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and b… · tree and pragmatics
description: The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday. Why? Test 6 of lesson 28 «Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays

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The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** sing · **To what, where:** mnohaya lita, birthday

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This is test 6 of lesson 28 «Shchedryk, New Year, Easter eggs and birthdays» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:1
# text = The family sings "mnohaya lita" at grandad's birthday.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mnohaya	mnohaya	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lita	lita	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | the family | mnohaya lita |  | grandad's birthday |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lita=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To start dinner at the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:o1:1
# text = To start dinner at the table
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | to-infinitive |  | dinner |  | the table |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To wish everyone a happy Easter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:o2:1
# text = To wish everyone a happy Easter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | to-infinitive |  | everyone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To wish him many years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:o3:1
# text = To wish him many years
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  | year |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To say goodbye to the guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:28-shchedryk-new-year-easter-eggs-birthdays:t6:o4:1
# text = To say goodbye to the guests
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  | goodbye | the guests |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic to guest=Recipient |

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