--- title: Explain the purpose the serpent assigns to the sister's requests for… — Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar… · tree and pragmatics description: Explain the purpose the serpent assigns to the sister's requests for animal milk. Exam question 4 of lesson 1104 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: the Tsar milks three wild mothers and gains new companions while the serpent's plan fails» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1104-pg29672-part10/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 Little Tsar…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1104-pg29672-part10/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: t… Explain the purpose the serpent assigns to the sister's requests for animal milk. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, serpent, sister · **What happens:** explain, assign, request · **To what, where:** purpose, requests This is exam question 4 of lesson 1104 «Ruthenian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 10: the Tsar milks three wild mothers and gains new companions while the serpent's plan fails» 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/1104-pg29672-part10/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1104-pg29672-part10:e4:1 # text = Explain the purpose the serpent assigns to the sister's requests for animal milk. 1 Explain explain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 assigns assign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 requests request NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic | | 2 | **assign** | present | the serpent | | | | | to the sister's requests for animal milk *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to request=Goal | | 3 | **request** | | the sister | | | | | for animal milk | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 {#o1} To let the animals turn on the Tsar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1104-pg29672-part10:e4:o1:1 # text = To let the animals turn on the Tsar 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | present | the animals | | | the Tsar | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on tsar=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} To kill the Tsar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1104-pg29672-part10:e4:o2:1 # text = To kill the Tsar 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | the Tsar | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tsar=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} To make the Tsar die by beasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1104-pg29672-part10:e4:o3:1 # text = To make the Tsar die by beasts 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the Tsar | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tsar=Product | | 2 | **die** | present | | | | | | by beasts | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To have the Tsar killed by his own beasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1104-pg29672-part10:e4:o4:1 # text = To have the Tsar killed by his own beasts 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Tsar Tsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **kill** | past | the Tsar | | | | | by Tsar's own beasts | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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