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description: What power does the sword confer upon its bearer, according to the lady's words? Exam question 2 of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

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What power does the sword confer upon its bearer, according to the lady's words?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** power, lady · **What happens:** do, accord, word · **To what, where:** sword

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1111 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17: the Serpent's three kisses, and Daniel's lucky gifts from a serpent-lady» 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/1111-pg29672-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e2:1
# text = What power does the sword confer upon its bearer, according to the lady's words?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	confer	confer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what power | the sword |  |  |  | accord the lady's words | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | the lady |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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All men fall down before the bearer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = All men fall down before the bearer
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall down** | present | all men |  |  | the bearer |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before bearer=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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All men bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = All men bow
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bow	bow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | present | all men |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All foes fall before the wielder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = All foes fall before the wielder
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	foes	foe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wielder	wielder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | all foes |  |  | the wielder |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before wielder=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Men bow before whoever holds it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = Men bow before whoever holds it
1	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bow	bow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | present | Men |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | present | whoever | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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