--- title: Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet firs… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet first petitions the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/e1/) [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, The Water King and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/435-pg22373-part27/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise,… Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet first petitions the King? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, describe, petition · **To what, where:** manner This is exam question 1 of lesson 435 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise, part 27: a wife's curse on her children, then a King and an Eagle» 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/435-pg22373-part27/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e1:1 # text = Which of the following describes the manner in which the Eaglet first petitions the King? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 Eaglet Eaglet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | | the manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 3 | **petition** | | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} by entreating him three times not to shoot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e1:o1:1 # text = by entreating him three times not to shoot 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 entreating entreat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | gerund | | | him *= he* | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **shoot** | to-infinitive | entreating | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} by entreating him three separate times not to shoot him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e1:o2:1 # text = by entreating him three separate times not to shoot him 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 entreating entreat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 5 separate separate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | gerund | | | him *= he* | | time | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **shoot** | to-infinitive | entreating | him *= he* | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} by singing a song to the King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e1:o3:1 # text = by singing a song to the King 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | a song | the King | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to king=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} by warning the King of the danger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:435-pg22373-part27:e1:o4:1 # text = by warning the King of the danger 1 by by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 warning warn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund | | | the King of the danger | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | **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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