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title: On what grounds did the prince declare that he must depart? — Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what grounds did the prince declare that he must depart? Exam question 4 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan…

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On what grounds did the prince declare that he must depart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** declare, depart

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1133 «Russian Fairy Tales, Ivan Golik: the princess splits Ivan in two, and the brothers meet again» 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/1133-pg29672-part39/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e4:1
# text = On what grounds did the prince declare that he must depart?
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **depart** | must | prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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His wife was waiting at the palace gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e4:o1:1
# text = His wife was waiting at the palace gate
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | His wife |  |  | the palace gate |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His wife wanted tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e4:o2:1
# text = His wife wanted tea
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | His wife | tea |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tea=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He had to drive the swine home for his wife's tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e4:o3:1
# text = He had to drive the swine home for his wife's tea
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the swine |  |  |  | for his wife's tea; home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme swine=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tea was cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1133-pg29672-part39:e4:o4:1
# text = The tea was cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the tea |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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