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title: What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a further son? Exam question 2 of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan…

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What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a further son?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Prince Ivan, father · **What happens:** reply, make, fear · **To what, where:** loss · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 431 «Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan finds a horse, flings a rock, and reaches his mother» 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/431-pg22373-part23/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e2:1
# text = What reply did Prince Ivan make when his father feared the loss of a further son?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reply	reply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | Prince Ivan |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fear** | past | Ivan's father | the loss of a further son |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"if you do not bless me I shall go"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e2:o1:1
# text = "if you do not bless me I shall go"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bless** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | shall | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"I will not stay here if you refuse me this blessing"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e2:o2:1
# text = "I will not stay here if you refuse me this blessing"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	refuse	refuse	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  | here |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"You may keep your fear, for I am leaving at dawn tomorrow"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e2:o3:1
# text = "You may keep your fear, for I am leaving at dawn tomorrow"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | may | You | your fear |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  | dawn; tomorrow |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fear** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Bless me or I will ride away now"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e2:o4:1
# text = "Bless me or I will ride away now"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bless	bless	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **ride away** *in a quote* | future | I |  |  |  | now | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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