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title: Why did the she-dragon's daughter turn into a fish? — Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the she-dragon's daughter turn into a fish? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1128 «Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Ivan is tricked and the dragon is fooled, then the maiden becomes a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 3 · ★ · Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Iv…

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Why did the she-dragon's daughter turn into a fish?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, turn · **To what, where:** daughter

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1128 «Russian Folk-Tales, The She-Dragon's Daughter, part 34: Ivan is tricked and the dragon is fooled, then the maiden becomes a fish» 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/1128-pg29672-part34/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1128-pg29672-part34:t3:1
# text = Why did the she-dragon's daughter turn into a fish?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the she dragon's daughter |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | present |  |  |  |  |  | into a fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |

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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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To save herself from the she-dragon, who was hunting her across the whole land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1128-pg29672-part34:t3:o1:1
# text = To save herself from the she-dragon, who was hunting her across the whole land
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | herself *= she* |  | the whole land |  | from the dragon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from dragon=Source |
| 2 | **hunt** | past · progressive | the dragon | dragon |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To swim to the other bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1128-pg29672-part34:t3:o2:1
# text = To swim to the other bank
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the other bank |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to bank=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To help Ivan find his way home to the village after the long war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1128-pg29672-part34:t3:o3:1
# text = To help Ivan find his way home to the village after the long war
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | Ivan |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ivan's way |  |  | after the long war | home *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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

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To save herself from the she-dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1128-pg29672-part34:t3:o4:1
# text = To save herself from the she-dragon
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | herself *= she* |  |  |  | from the she dragon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from dragon=Source |

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