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title: Fam, why does the serpent have to stay a serpent? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unluc… · tree and pragmatics
description: Fam, why does the serpent have to stay a serpent? Test 12 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 12 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Story of Unlucky Daniel, part 17:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fam, why does the serpent have to stay a serpent?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** serpent · **What happens:** have, stay · **To what, where:** serpent

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t12:1
# text = Fam, why does the serpent have to stay a serpent?
1	Fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · do-support | the serpent |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | the serpent *not said here* | a serpent |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme serpent=Location |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause she's cursed to be one for ever by a witch, and nobody can undo it

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t12:o1:1
# text = Cause she's cursed to be one for ever by a witch, and nobody can undo it
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	17	nsubj	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	undo	undo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | present · passive | a witch | she |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme for ever=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **undo** | can | nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause a jealous witch cursed her long ago and she can never be human again, ever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t12:o2:1
# text = Cause a jealous witch cursed her long ago and she can never be human again, ever
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **curse** | past | a jealous witch |  |  |  | ever | ago *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **is** | can | witch |  |  |  | again | human *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause some wizard made her that way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t12:o3:1
# text = Cause some wizard made her that way
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	compound	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **make** | past | some Cause wizard | her *= she* |  |  |  | that way *obl:unmarked* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cause she's cursed to be one for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1111-pg29672-part17:t12:o4:1
# text = Cause she's cursed to be one for ever
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curse** | present · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for ever=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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