Test 5 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain…

how did he cross that fire river anyway?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: cross · To what, where: fire river

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 429 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 21: Ivan is slain and revived, then tricks the Baba Yaga's mares and is helped by the creatures he spared» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cross	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cross	nsubj
4	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 river	det
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 river	compound
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cross	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 cross	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past · do-support	he	that fire river				anyway property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he waved Marya's handkerchief three times and got a bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Marya	Marya	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 handkerchief	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Marya	case
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waved	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 got	cc
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waved	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bridge	det
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	he	Marya's handkerchief			time		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient
2	get	past	he not said here	a bridge					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus

Option 2

he rode the horse over it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horse	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	he	the horse				over horse	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme over it=Trajectory

Option 3

he waved Marya's handkerchief three times on the right hand and got a bridge

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Marya	Marya	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 handkerchief	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Marya	case
5	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waved	obl:unmarked
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 hand	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hand	det
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hand	amod
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 got	cc
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waved	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bridge	det
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	he	Marya's handkerchief		the right hand	time		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient
2	get	past	he not said here	a bridge					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus

Option 4

he waved the handkerchief twice and the fire river parted for him to walk across

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 waved	nsubj
2	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 handkerchief	det
4	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waved	obj
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 waved	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 parted	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	compound
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 parted	nsubj
10	parted	part	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waved	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 parted	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 walk	mark
14	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 parted	advcl
15	across	across	ADV	_	14 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wave	past	he	the handkerchief	twice property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient
2	part	past	the fire river		for him = he	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	walk	to-infinitive	the fire river not said here		across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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