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title: What was the purpose of the two buckets suspended upon the whitethor… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar No… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the purpose of the two buckets suspended upon the whitethorn-tree? Exam question 2 of lesson 1105 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the starling's warnings and the boiling water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the…

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What was the purpose of the two buckets suspended upon the whitethorn-tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, two buckets · **What happens:** be, suspend, purpose · **To what, where:** two buckets, whitethorn tree

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1105 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Little Tsar Novishny, part 11: the starling's warnings and the boiling water» 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/1105-pg29672-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1105-pg29672-part11:e2:1
# text = What was the purpose of the two buckets suspended upon the whitethorn-tree?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	suspended	suspend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	whitethorn	whitethorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the purpose of the two buckets |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suspend** | participle |  | the two buckets *not said here* |  | the whitethorn tree |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tree=Location |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the two buckets |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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to reveal whether the sister grieved for her brother or for the snake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1105-pg29672-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = to reveal whether the sister grieved for her brother or for the snake
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	grieved	grieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | to-infinitive |  | the sister |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grieve** | participle |  | the sister *not said here* |  |  |  | for her brother or the snake | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1105-pg29672-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lamented	lament	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lament** | past | the sister | sister's brother or the serpent |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to show whether the sister mourned her brother or the monster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1105-pg29672-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = to show whether the sister mourned her brother or the monster
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mourned	mourn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mourn** | past | the sister | sister's brother or the monster |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent after the bloody fight in the yard at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1105-pg29672-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = to indicate whether the sister lamented her brother or the serpent after the bloody fight in the yard at dawn
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lamented	lament	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after the bloody fight; dawn | in the yard | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lament** | past | the sister | sister's brother or the serpent |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |

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