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title: By whom was the magic egg first broken during the archer's return jo… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: By whom was the magic egg first broken during the archer's return journey? Exam question 2 of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks…

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By whom was the magic egg first broken during the archer's return journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** archer · **What happens:** be, break, journey · **To what, where:** magic egg

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1127 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Magic Egg, part 33: the egg breaks, the dragon claims Ivan, and his three tasks begin» 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/1127-pg29672-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:e2:1
# text = By whom was the magic egg first broken during the archer's return journey?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
8	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	archer	archer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the magic egg |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  | the magic egg *not said here* |  |  | during the archer's return journey | first *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **journey** |  | the archer |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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The she-dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = The she-dragon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The archer's own horse, who stepped on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = The archer's own horse, who stepped on it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archer	archer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past | the archer's own horse |  |  |  |  | on horse | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The archer himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = The archer himself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	archer	archer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The eagle's uncle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1127-pg29672-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = The eagle's uncle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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