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title: What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one fi… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one final night beside her husband? Exam question 1 of lesson 1122 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br…

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What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one final night beside her husband?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, faithful wife · **What happens:** do, perform, obtain

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1122 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder brother is turned to stone, and the younger brother wins him back from a witch» 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/1122-pg29672-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e1:1
# text = What action does the faithful wife perform in order to obtain one final night beside her husband?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	6	det	_	_
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perform** | present | the faithful wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the faithful wife *not said here* |  |  |  | night | beside wife's husband | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress and then begs for one more night beside him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress and then begs for one more night beside him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surrenders	surrender	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	begs	beg	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | present | She | the diamond apple | the Empress |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to empress=Recipient |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  | then; night | beside him *= he* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She trades the golden apple to the Empress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = She trades the golden apple to the Empress
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trades	trade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | present | She | the golden apple |  |  |  | to the Empress | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = She surrenders the diamond apple to the Empress
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surrenders	surrender	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | present | She | the diamond apple | the Empress |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to empress=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She offers the diamond ring to the Empress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = She offers the diamond ring to the Empress
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	diamond	diamond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Empress	Empress	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present | She | the diamond ring | the Empress |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to empress=Goal |

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