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title: By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surf… — Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surface of the well? Exam question 4 of lesson 1907 «Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong…

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By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surface of the well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** King · **What happens:** mean, be, restrain · **To what, where:** King · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1907 «Russian Fairy Tales, Mr. Simon: the rogues drown the wrong man and are drowned themselves» 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/1907-pg7277-part44/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e4:1
# text = By what means was King Kojata ultimately restrained beneath the surface of the well?
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	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	restrained	restrain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is a** | past |  | King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **restrain** | past | King |  |  |  |  | beneath the surface of the well; ultimately *property* | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two claws grasping his beard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e4:o1:1
# text = Two claws grasping his beard
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund | Two claws *not said here* | his beard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beard=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A cold claw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e4:o2:1
# text = A cold claw
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Two long claws grasping his beard and dragging him under the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e4:o3:1
# text = Two long claws grasping his beard and dragging him under the water
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grasp** | gerund | Two long claws *not said here* | his beard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beard=Stimulus |
| 2 | **drag** | gerund | Two long claws *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Something pulling down his cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1907-pg7277-part44:e4:o4:1
# text = Something pulling down his cloak
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull down** | gerund |  | his cloak |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme |

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