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title: Which object did Petrusha request from the Devil as his sole reward? — Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Petrusha request from the Devil as his sole reward? Exam question 1 of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turn…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which object did Petrusha request from the Devil as his sole reward?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, reward · **To what, where:** Petrusha request

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 417 «Russian Folk-Tales, Petrusha and the Devil: the horse turns out to be his father» 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/417-pg22373-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:e1:1
# text = Which object did Petrusha request from the Devil as his sole reward?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Petrusha	Petrusha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Devil	Devil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | Petrusha request |  |  |  | from the Devil; as object's sole reward | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reward** |  | object |  |  |  |  |  | nom reward «event 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water in the yard.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water in the yard.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | that sorry jade |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund |  | wood and water |  |  |  | in the yard | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wood=Value in yard=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That old horse which his father once used to carry heavy loads of wood up the hill.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = That old horse which his father once used to carry heavy loads of wood up the hill.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | horse's father | that old horse |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive | horse's father *not said here* | heavy loads of wood |  |  |  | up the hill | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That fine horse which was kept for riding out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = That fine horse which was kept for riding out.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · passive |  | that fine horse |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **ride out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:417-pg22373-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = That sorry jade which was used for carrying wood and water.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | that sorry jade |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund |  | wood and water |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |

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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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