--- title: What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unluc… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text? Exam question 3 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 dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1111-pg29672-part17/e3/) [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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unluc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1111-pg29672-part17/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:… What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, state · **To what, where:** function, text This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e3:1 # text = What is the function of the shift, as stated by the lady in the text? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 function function 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 shift shift NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the function | | | | of the shift | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | | the function *not said here* | | the text | | by the lady | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} It keeps you warm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e3:o1:1 # text = It keeps you warm 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | you | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It renders its wearer impossible to seize ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e3:o2:1 # text = It renders its wearer impossible to seize 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | present | It | its wearer | | | | impossible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It keeps its wearer safe from blades ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e3:o3:1 # text = It keeps its wearer safe from blades 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 blades blade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | its wearer | | | | safe *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It hides its wearer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:e3:o4:1 # text = It hides its wearer 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | It | its wearer | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wearer=Patient | **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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