--- title: What relation did the meadow, cushions, apple-tree and spring bear t… — Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16… · tree and pragmatics description: What relation did the meadow, cushions, apple-tree and spring bear to the Snake? Exam question 3 of lesson 424 «Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/e3/) [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/) / [Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/424-pg22373-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three s… What relation did the meadow, cushions, apple-tree and spring bear to the Snake? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** relation · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** meadow This is exam question 3 of lesson 424 «Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three snakes and tricks the Snake's wife» 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/424-pg22373-part16/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e3:1 # text = What relation did the meadow, cushions, apple-tree and spring bear to the Snake? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 cushions cushion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what relation | the meadow and cushions and apple tree and spring bear | | | | to the Snake | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meadow=Eventuality | 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} They were his servants ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = They were his servants 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | his servants | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} They were the daughters of the Snake's first wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = They were the daughters of the Snake's first wife 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | the daughters | | | | of the Snake's first wife | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were cursed daughters whom the Snake had turned into the landscape ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = They were cursed daughters whom the Snake had turned into the landscape 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Snake Snake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 landscape landscape NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | They | cursed daughters | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | past · perfect | the Snake | cursed daughters | | the landscape | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into landscape=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They were his daughters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = They were his daughters 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | his daughters | | | | | tree rules | **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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