--- title: What was the condition of the sack when the man returned to his home? — Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the condition of the sack when the man returned to his home? Exam question 4 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1098-pg29672-part4/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1098-pg29672-part4/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the p… What was the condition of the sack when the man returned to his home? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** be, return · **To what, where:** condition This is exam question 4 of lesson 1098 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Story of the Wind, part 4: the poor man gets a magic sack and loses it in a tavern» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1098-pg29672-part4/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e4:1 # text = What was the condition of the sack when the man returned to his home? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the condition | | | | of the sack | tree rules | | 2 | **return** | past | the man | | | | | to man's home *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | 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} It was still and brought no meal to his kin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e4:o1:1 # text = It was still and brought no meal to his kin 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | still | to his kin; bring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It was quiet and gave no food to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e4:o2:1 # text = It was quiet and gave no food to them 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | | no food | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to they=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was empty and silent ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e4:o3:1 # text = It was empty and silent 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It was silent and yielded no food to his family ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1098-pg29672-part4:e4:o4:1 # text = It was silent and yielded no food to his family 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 yielded yield VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **yield** | past | | no food | | | | to his family *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent food=Theme to family=Goal | **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. 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