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title: Mate, what's his punishment, tied to what? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what's his punishment, tied to what? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of each opt
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# Test 9 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…

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Mate, what's his punishment, tied to what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate · **What happens:** be, tie · **To what, where:** punishment, Mate

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t9:1
# text = Mate, what's his punishment, tied to what?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mate and his punishment | his punishment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | Mate and his punishment |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to what=Co-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 {#o1}

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four strong oxen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t9:o1:1
# text = four strong oxen
1	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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two horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t9:o2:1
# text = two horses
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t9:o3:1
# text = a cart
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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four wild horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:t9:o4:1
# text = four wild horses
1	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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