--- title: What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless? — Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Iva… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless? Exam question 4 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 question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/430-pg22373-part22/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marya Morevna: Ivan outwits the Baba Y… What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** final fate · **What happens:** be, fate · **To what, where:** Koshchei This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e4:1 # text = What is the final fate of Koshchei the Deathless? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Koshchei Koshchei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Deathless Deathless PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the final fate of Koshchei | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fate** | | | Koshchei | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=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 {#o1} his ashes are scattered across the blue sea by the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e4:o1:1 # text = his ashes are scattered across the blue sea by the wind 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | present · passive | the wind | his ashes | | the blue sea | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} his ashes are scattered to the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e4:o2:1 # text = his ashes are scattered to the wind 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | present · passive | | his ashes | | | | to the wind | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} his bones are left in the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e4:o3:1 # text = his bones are left in the river 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present · passive | | his bones | | the river | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in river=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} his bones are buried deep under the oak tree in the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:430-pg22373-part22:e4:o4:1 # text = his bones are buried deep under the oak tree in the forest 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 deep deep ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | present · passive | | his bones | | the oak tree | | in the forest; deep *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under tree=Destination | **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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