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title: What did the inscription upon the rock declare would be granted to t… — Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Death… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the inscription upon the rock declare would be granted to the person who flung it? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Koshchei the Deathless, part 23: Ivan…

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What did the inscription upon the rock declare would be granted to the person who flung it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** inscription, person · **What happens:** do, declare, grant, fling · **To what, where:** inscription, person

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e4:1
# text = What did the inscription upon the rock declare would be granted to the person who flung it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	inscription	inscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | the inscription upon the rock *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grant** | would · passive |  | the inscription upon the rock | the person |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to person=Goal |
| 4 | **fling** | past | the person | inscription |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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A kingdom would be his

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = A kingdom would be his
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would | a kingdom *not said here* | his *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A reward would be given

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = A reward would be given
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | would · passive |  | a reward |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = A crown
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A way would be opened

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:431-pg22373-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = A way would be opened
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | would · passive |  | a way |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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