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title: my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank.… — Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank. right? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» of the Ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…

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my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, SlAva UkrayIni · **What happens:** say, be, shout · **To what, where:** funny thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest» 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/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t1:1
# text = my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	SlAva	SlAva	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	6	flat:foreign	_	_
6	UkrayIni	UkrayIni	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
18	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | SlAva UkrayIni | a funny thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | my mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a prank | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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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No, it's said with respect, not as a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t1:o1:1
# text = No, it's said with respect, not as a joke
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  | with respect | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with respect=Manner |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, everyone laughs at it, it's an old meme online

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, everyone laughs at it, it's an old meme online
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	meme	meme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	online	online	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | everyone |  |  | it |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a old meme |  |  |  | online *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it means "hello"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, it means "hello"
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hello	hello	INTJ	UH	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hello=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, it's a swear phrase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t1:o4:1
# text = No, it's a swear phrase
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a swear phrase |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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