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title: What did the Fiend predict concerning Marusia's mother? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Fiend predict concerning Marusia's mother? Exam question 3 of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thr…

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What did the Fiend predict concerning Marusia's mother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fiend · **What happens:** predict, concern

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 412 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thread to a church, sees her sweetheart's terrible secret, and learns that her parents will die» 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/412-pg22373-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e3:1
# text = What did the Fiend predict concerning Marusia's mother?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fiend	fiend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	Marusia	Marusia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | past · do-support | the Fiend |  |  |  |  | concern Marusia's mother | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Topic |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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That she would die on the following day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = That she would die on the following day
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | would | That |  |  |  | day |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That she would wed the youth the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = That she would wed the youth the next day
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | would | That | the youth |  |  | day |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That she would fall ill tomorrow night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = That she would fall ill tomorrow night
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | That |  |  |  | night |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That she would die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = That she would die
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | would | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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