--- title: State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuven… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the… · tree and pragmatics description: State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death. Exam question 2 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/422-pg22373-part14/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith bur… State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Smith, seigneur · **What happens:** state, attempt, die · **To what, where:** sequence, rejuvenation results This is exam question 2 of lesson 422 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Smith and the Demon: the Smith burns the seigneur, then the Demon saves him» 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/422-pg22373-part14/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e2:1 # text = State the sequence of events by which the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Smith Smith PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 rejuvenation rejuvenation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 results result NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence of events the Smith's attempt at rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sequence=Topic | | 2 | **attempt** | | the Smith | | | rejuvenation results in the seigneur's death | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place | | 3 | **die** | | the seigneur | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} He melts the seigneur in the furnace and dumps the lady's gold into the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e2:o1:1 # text = He melts the seigneur in the furnace and dumps the lady's gold into the stream 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 melts melt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 dumps dump VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **melt** | present | He | the seigneur | | the furnace | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient seigneur=Result | | 2 | **dump** | present | He *not said here* | the lady's gold | | the stream | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gold=Theme into stream=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} He cooks the seigneur in the furnace, scatters the ash over the fields, and then fetches the lady's servants to hang him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e2:o2:1 # text = He cooks the seigneur in the furnace, scatters the ash over the fields, and then fetches the lady's servants to hang him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cooks cook VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 scatters scatter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 fetches fetch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | present | He | the seigneur | | | | in the furnace | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent seigneur=Patient in furnace=Instrument | | 2 | **scatter** | present | He *not said here* | the ash | | the fields | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over field=Destination | | 3 | **fetch** | present | He *not said here* | the lady's servants | | | then | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He burns the seigneur in the furnace and tosses the remains into the milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e2:o3:1 # text = He burns the seigneur in the furnace and tosses the remains into the milk 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 burns burn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 furnace furnace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tosses toss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 9 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | present | He | the seigneur | | the furnace | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seigneur=Theme | | 2 | **toss** | present | He *not said here* | the remains | | the milk | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent remains=Patient into milk=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He roasts the seigneur in the forge and throws the ash into the well water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:422-pg22373-part14:e2:o4:1 # text = He roasts the seigneur in the forge and throws the ash into the well water 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 roasts roast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 seigneur seigneur NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 well well ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roast** | present | He | the seigneur | | | | in the forge | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent seigneur=Patient in forge=Instrument | | 2 | **throw** | present | He *not said here* | the ash | | | | into the well water *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer ash=Theme into water=Result | **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. 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