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title: What did Ivan Golik request of the prince concerning the hosts of mi… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Ivan Golik request of the prince concerning the hosts of mice? Exam question 3 of lesson 1130 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents, part 36: Ivan Golik joins the prince and saves the mice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What did Ivan Golik request of the prince concerning the hosts of mice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** do, concern, request · **To what, where:** Ivan request, hosts, prince

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1130 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wondrous Story of Ivan Golik and the Serpents, part 36: Ivan Golik joins the prince and saves the mice» 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/1130-pg29672-part36/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e3:1
# text = What did Ivan Golik request of the prince concerning the hosts of mice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	Golik	Golik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Ivan request of the prince |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the prince *not said here* | the hosts of mice |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus host=Experiencer |
| 3 | **request** |  |  | the prince |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: of=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that they be moved to the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = that they be moved to the barn
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | infinitive · passive |  | that |  | the barn |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to barn=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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that they be given place without harm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = that they be given place without harm
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | infinitive · passive |  | that |  |  |  | without harm | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient place=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that they be given a tax exemption and a formal pardon from the king's court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = that they be given a tax exemption and a formal pardon from the king's court
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	exemption	exemption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | infinitive · passive |  | that |  | the king's court |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient exemption=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that the prince build them a new granary and protect them from the cats and the dogs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1130-pg29672-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = that the prince build them a new granary and protect them from the cats and the dogs
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	granary	granary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | infinitive | the prince | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary granary=Product |
| 2 | **protect** | infinitive | the prince *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | from the cats and the dogs | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary from cat=Theme |

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