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title: With reference to the narrative, state the sum the Empress proffered… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsare… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the narrative, state the sum the Empress proffered in exchange for the golden apple. Exam question 2 of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the b…

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With reference to the narrative, state the sum the Empress proffered in exchange for the golden apple.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Empress · **What happens:** state, proffer · **To what, where:** sum, exchange · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1121 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Serpent-Tsarevich, part 27: the bride trades apples for nights with her husband» 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/1121-pg29672-part27/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e2:1
# text = With reference to the narrative, state the sum the Empress proffered in exchange for the golden apple.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	proffered	proffer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  | with reference to the narrative | tree rules |
| 2 | **proffer** | past | the Empress |  |  | exchange for the golden apple |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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 {#o1}

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all her coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e2:o1:1
# text = all her coins
1	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coin** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a sack of coins for the apple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e2:o2:1
# text = a sack of coins for the apple
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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many pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e2:o3:1
# text = many pence
1	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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as many pence as the lap could hold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1121-pg29672-part27:e2:o4:1
# text = as many pence as the lap could hold
1	as	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | could | many pence as the lap |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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