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title: By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and… — Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and at what remuneration? Exam question 4 of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets t…

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By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and at what remuneration?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman, bride · **What happens:** mean, obtain, require · **To what, where:** requirements, remuneration

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 433 «Russian Folk-Tales, Prince Ivan and the Bride: Ivan gets to the church first and marries the bride» 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/433-pg22373-part25/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e4:1
# text = By what means did the old woman obtain the bride's requirements, and at what remuneration?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	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	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	requirements	requirement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	17	det	_	_
17	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **obtain** | past · do-support | the old woman | the bride's requirements |  | what remuneration |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent requirement=Theme |
| 3 | **require** |  | the bride |  |  |  |  |  | nom requirement «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Through Ivan's secret gold, which she exchanged in the market for silk and lace at great profit

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e4:o1:1
# text = Through Ivan's secret gold, which she exchanged in the market for silk and lace at great profit
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	exchanged	exchange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** | past | Ivan |  |  | Ivan's secret gold |  | in the market; for silk and lace; at great profit | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent which=Theme for silk=Co-Theme |

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

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By Ivan's aid, at one ducat per delivery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e4:o2:1
# text = By Ivan's aid, at one ducat per delivery
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	aid	aid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ducat	ducat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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By the king's order, at one ducat each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e4:o3:1
# text = By the king's order, at one ducat each
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	ducat	ducat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By Ivan's help, at two ducats per delivery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:433-pg22373-part25:e4:o4:1
# text = By Ivan's help, at two ducats per delivery
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	delivery	delivery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** |  | Ivan |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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