--- title: By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth? Exam question 1 of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/425-pg22373-part17/e1/) [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 Chudo-Yudo, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/425-pg22373-part17/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays th… By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do · **To what, where:** old witch transport · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 425 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Chudo-Yudo, part 17: Ivan slays three monsters, the widows take revenge, and an Aged One sends him on» 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/425-pg22373-part17/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e1:1 # text = By what means did the old witch transport Ivan beneath the earth? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 transport transport NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 Ivan Ivan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the old witch transport | | | | beneath the earth | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent transport=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} Holding his offered coin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e1:o1:1 # text = Holding his offered coin 1 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | | his offered coin | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | participle | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **coin** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Seizing his outstretched hand and dragging him underground ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e1:o2:1 # text = Seizing his outstretched hand and dragging him underground 1 Seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 outstretched outstretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 underground underground ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | gerund | | his outstretched hand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **drag** | gerund | | him *= he* | | | | underground *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Seizing his outstretched hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e1:o3:1 # text = Seizing his outstretched hand 1 Seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 outstretched outstretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | gerund | | his outstretched hand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} By magic spells that carried him through the earth beneath ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:425-pg22373-part17:e1:o4:1 # text = By magic spells that carried him through the earth beneath 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 beneath beneath PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | that | him *= he* | | the earth | | by magic spells | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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