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title: What became of the Fiend when Marusia sprinkled him with the holy wa… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flowe… · tree and pragmatics
description: What became of the Fiend when Marusia sprinkled him with the holy water? Exam question 4 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden

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What became of the Fiend when Marusia sprinkled him with the holy water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marusia · **What happens:** become, sprinkle · **To what, where:** him

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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/413-pg22373-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e4:1
# text = What became of the Fiend when Marusia sprinkled him with the holy water?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Fiend	Fiend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	Marusia	Marusia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the Fiend | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sprinkle** | past | Marusia |  | him *= he* |  |  | with the holy water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with water=Theme |

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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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he was reduced to dust and ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = he was reduced to dust and ashes
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | to dust and ashes *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to dust=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he was reduced to dust and ashes, scattered by a wind across the fields

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = he was reduced to dust and ashes, scattered by a wind across the fields
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | to dust and ashes *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to dust=Goal |
| 2 | **scatter** | participle |  |  |  | the fields |  | by a wind | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by wind=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he was burned by the holy fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = he was burned by the holy fire
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · passive | the holy fire | he |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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he was reduced to dust and ashes and his name was never spoken again in the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = he was reduced to dust and ashes and his name was never spoken again in the village
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  | to dust and ashes *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to dust=Goal |
| 2 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | his name |  | the village | again |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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