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title: What sentence did the Tsar pronounce upon the wicked coachman? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What sentence did the Tsar pronounce upon the wicked coachman? Exam question 2 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…

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What sentence did the Tsar pronounce upon the wicked coachman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentence, Tsar · **What happens:** do, pronounce

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» 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/1123-pg29672-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e2:1
# text = What sentence did the Tsar pronounce upon the wicked coachman?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tsar	Tsar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | sentence |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pronounce** | present | the Tsar |  |  |  |  | upon the wicked coachman | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to be tied to four wild horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = to be tied to four wild horses
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to four wild horses | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to horse=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to be drowned in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = to be drowned in the river
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the river |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to be tied to four wild horses and dragged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = to be tied to four wild horses and dragged
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | to four wild horses | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to horse=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to be burned at the stake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = to be burned at the stake
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the stake |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: at stake=Location |

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