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title: By whom was Koshchei the Deathless slain in the course of the narrat… — Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan ou… · tree and pragmatics
description: By whom was Koshchei the Deathless slain in the course of the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 1515 «Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride» 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 3 · Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga…

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By whom was Koshchei the Deathless slain in the course of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Koshchei · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Deathless slain, course

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1515 «Red Fairy Book, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga and rescues his bride» 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/1515-pg540-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e3:1
# text = By whom was Koshchei the Deathless slain in the course of the narrative?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Deathless	Deathless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	slain	slain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Koshchei | the Deathless slain |  | the course of the narrative |  |  | tree rules |

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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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By his brothers in arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = By his brothers in arms
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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By the steed and Prince Ivan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = By the steed and Prince Ivan
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By the horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = By the horse
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By the mare and Prince Ivan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1515-pg540-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = By the mare and Prince Ivan
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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

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