--- title: By what means did Koshchei the Deathless dispatch Prince Ivan? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Koshchei the Deathless dispatch Prince Ivan? Exam question 2 of lesson 1514 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 11: Ivan finds his wife, is chopped up and brought back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1514-pg540-part11/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1514-pg540-part11/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 11: Ivan finds his… By what means did Koshchei the Deathless dispatch Prince Ivan? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** Koshchei · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 1514 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna, part 11: Ivan finds his wife, is chopped up and brought back to life» 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/1514-pg540-part11/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1514-pg540-part11:e2:1 # text = By what means did Koshchei the Deathless dispatch Prince Ivan? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Deathless deathless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 dispatch dispatch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | Koshchei | | | | | tree rules | 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} by sealing him in a barrel and chopping it apart with an axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1514-pg540-part11:e2:o1:1 # text = by sealing him in a barrel and chopping it apart with an axe 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sealing seal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 barrel barrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 apart apart ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seal** | gerund | | him *= he* | | a barrel | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 2 | **chop** | gerund | | barrel | | | | with a axe; apart *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with axe=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} by drowning him in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1514-pg540-part11:e2:o2:1 # text = by drowning him in the sea 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 drowning drown VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown** | gerund | | him *= he* | | the sea | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} by chopping him into small pieces ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1514-pg540-part11:e2:o3:1 # text = by chopping him into small pieces 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | into small pieces *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into piece=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} by chopping him into small pieces and burning them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1514-pg540-part11:e2:o4:1 # text = by chopping him into small pieces and burning them 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | into small pieces *result* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into piece=Result | | 2 | **burn** | gerund | | pieces *= piece* | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | **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. 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