--- title: On which hand does the Prince wave the handkerchief to narrow the br… — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Iva… · tree and pragmatics description: On which hand does the Prince wave the handkerchief to narrow the bridge? Exam question 3 of lesson 430 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/430-pg22373-part22/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/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Iva…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/430-pg22373-part22/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Y… On which hand does the Prince wave the handkerchief to narrow the bridge? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** do, wave · **To what, where:** hand, handkerchief This is exam question 3 of lesson 430 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Yaga, rescues Marya, and burns Koshchei» 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/430-pg22373-part22/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e3:1 # text = On which hand does the Prince wave the handkerchief to narrow the bridge? 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wave wave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | | | which hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wave** | present | the Prince | the handkerchief | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the left hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e3:o1:1 # text = the left hand 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the right hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e3:o2:1 # text = the right hand 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the hand he uses to hold the reins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e3:o3:1 # text = the hand he uses to hold the reins 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | the hand | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the hand *not said here* | the reins | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rein=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} his other hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e3:o4:1 # text = his other hand 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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