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title: What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn? Exam question 2 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, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Two Princes, part 28: the elder br…

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What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rich man · **What happens:** maintain, regard, dispute

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e2:1
# text = What does the rich man maintain regarding the disputed field at dawn?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	maintain	maintain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | present · do-support | the rich man |  |  |  | dawn | regard the disputed field | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dispute** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the field was left to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = That the field was left to him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | that field | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to he=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the field belongs to him, and the poor man has no claim to any of it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = That the field belongs to him, and the poor man has no claim to any of it
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | That |  | field |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | the poor man | no claim |  |  |  | to any | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Patient |

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

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That the field belongs to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = That the field belongs to him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | that field |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the field belongs to him by right and always has since his birth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1122-pg29672-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = That the field belongs to him by right and always has since his birth
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | that field |  | him *= he* |  |  | by right | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | that field *not said here* |  |  |  | since field's birth | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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