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title: What is the purpose of the witch's second visit to the smith? — Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the purpose of the witch's second visit to the smith? Exam question 2 of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Iva…

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What is the purpose of the witch's second visit to the smith?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, second visit, witch · **What happens:** be, purpose, visit

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 444 «Russian Folk-Tales, Ivashko, part 36: the witch tricks Ivashko's voice, but he tricks Alenka and escapes up an oak» 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/444-pg22373-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e2:1
# text = What is the purpose of the witch's second visit to the smith?
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	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the purpose of the witch's second visit to the smith |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the witch's second visit to the smith |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **visit** |  | the witch |  |  |  |  | to the smith | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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To obtain a new voice and iron teeth in place of her broken ones and the lost tooth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = To obtain a new voice and iron teeth in place of her broken ones and the lost tooth
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | a new voice and iron teeth |  | place of her broken ones and the lost tooth |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset voice=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To obtain iron teeth in place of her broken ones so she can chew the oak

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = To obtain iron teeth in place of her broken ones so she can chew the oak
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	chew	chew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | iron teeth |  | place of her broken ones |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tooth=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **chew** | can | she | the oak |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oak=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To obtain iron teeth in place of her broken ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = To obtain iron teeth in place of her broken ones
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | iron teeth |  | place of her broken ones |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tooth=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get new teeth to replace the broken ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:444-pg22373-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = To get new teeth to replace the broken ones
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | new teeth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **replace** | to-infinitive | new teeth *not said here* | the broken ones |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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