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title: To what end did Ivan transform himself upon returning for his gloves? — Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what end did Ivan transform himself upon returning for his gloves? Exam question 4 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 question and 
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# Exam question 4 · Slavonic Myths, Ivan Popyalof, part 16: Ivan kills three s…

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To what end did Ivan transform himself upon returning for his gloves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ivan · **What happens:** transform, return · **To what, where:** Ivan

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e4:1
# text = To what end did Ivan transform himself upon returning for his gloves?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	transform	transform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	returning	return	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past · do-support | Ivan | Ivan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** | gerund | Ivan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Ivan's gloves | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He became a cat so that he could listen in secretly to the Snake's wife's plans

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = He became a cat so that he could listen in secretly to the Snake's wife's plans
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
11	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | He | a cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | could | cat |  |  |  |  | in the Snake's wife's plans | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in plan=Theme |
| 3 | **plan** |  | the Snake's wife |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He became a cat to overhear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = He became a cat to overhear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	overhear	overhear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | He | a cat |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **overhear** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He became a fox to hide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = He became a fox to hide
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | He | a fox |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He changed into a cat to sneak back in and overhear the wife plotting against him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:424-pg22373-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = He changed into a cat to sneak back in and overhear the wife plotting against him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sneak	sneak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	overhear	overhear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	plotting	plot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	against	against	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into a cat *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into cat=Result |
| 2 | **sneak** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **overhear** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the wife |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
| 4 | **plot** | gerund | the wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against cat | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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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