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title: Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs. What's going on? — Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs. What's going on? Test 3 · ★★ 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; Mova's choi
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite gu…

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Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs. What's going on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sashko · **What happens:** get, laugh, go on · **To what, where:** twig

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:1
# text = Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs.
1	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	twig	twig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	St	St	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
7	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Day	Day	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Sashko | a twig |  |  | on St Nicholas Day |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent twig=Theme on day=Source |
| 2 | **laugh** | present | Sashko *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's going on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:2
# text = What's going on?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A jokey "you were naughty" present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:o1:1
# text = A jokey "you were naughty" present
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
2	jokey	jokey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	present	present	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** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | naughty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A real punishment for a bad mark at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:o2:1
# text = A real punishment for a bad mark at school
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A broken present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:o3:1
# text = A broken present
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gift for the yalYnka

```conllu
# sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest:t3:o4:1
# text = A gift for the yalYnka
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	yalYnka	yalYnka	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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