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title: What was the principal emotion the Fiend displayed at the girl's ber… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: M… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal emotion the Fiend displayed at the girl's bereavement? Exam question 4 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 s
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, part 4: Marusia follows a thr…

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What was the principal emotion the Fiend displayed at the girl's bereavement?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** be, display, bereave · **To what, where:** principal emotion, bereavement

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e4:1
# text = What was the principal emotion the Fiend displayed at the girl's bereavement?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fiend	Fiend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	bereavement	bereavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal emotion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **display** | past |  |  |  | the girl's bereavement |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bereave** |  | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom bereavement «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Deep and sincere grief for the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = Deep and sincere grief for the family
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Apparent sadness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = Apparent sadness
1	Apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Feigned sorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = Feigned sorrow
1	Feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:412-pg22373-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = Fear
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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