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title: By what means did Koshchei depart from the chamber? — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Koshchei depart from the chamber? Exam question 3 of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan'…

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By what means did Koshchei depart from the chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Koshchei · **What happens:** mean, depart · **To what, where:** chamber

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 428 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 20: Ivan's sisters wed three birds, then he frees Koshchei and searches for his 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/428-pg22373-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e3:1
# text = By what means did Koshchei depart from the chamber?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Koshchei	Koshchei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |
| 2 | **depart** | past · do-support | Koshchei |  |  | the chamber |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from chamber=Initial\_Location |

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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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As a thundering storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = As a thundering storm
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	thundering	thundering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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As a terrible whirlwind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = As a terrible whirlwind
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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As a terrible whirlwind that tore through the roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = As a terrible whirlwind that tore through the roof
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tore** | past | a terrible whirlwind |  |  | the roof |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As a terrible whirlwind of dust and wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:428-pg22373-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = As a terrible whirlwind of dust and wind
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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