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title: Which action did the Princess perform while the Prince engaged the D… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the Princess perform while the Prince engaged the Dragon? Exam question 4 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 pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…

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Which action did the Princess perform while the Prince engaged the Dragon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Prince · **What happens:** do, engage · **To what, where:** Princess perform, Dragon

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e4:1
# text = Which action did the Princess perform while the Prince engaged the Dragon?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	6	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	perform	perform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action | the Princess perform |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perform=Eventuality |
| 2 | **engage** | past | the Prince | the Dragon |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient |

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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 knelt, prayed from the prayer-book, and wept for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = she knelt, prayed from the prayer-book, and wept for him
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pray** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the prayer book |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **weep** | past | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she fled into the dark forest nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = she fled into the dark forest nearby
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | she |  |  | the dark forest |  | nearby *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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she ran to the tower and prayed to the saints above the town gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = she ran to the tower and prayed to the saints above the town gate
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	saints	saint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	above	above	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | she |  |  | the tower |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to tower=Destination |
| 2 | **pray** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the town gate |  | to the saints | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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

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she knelt and prayed from the prayer-book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = she knelt and prayed from the prayer-book
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pray** | past | she *not said here* |  |  | the prayer book |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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