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title: What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother? — Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother? Exam question 2 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks th…

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What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal purpose, advice · **What happens:** be, purpose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» 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/453-pg22373-part45/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e2:1
# text = What is the principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother?
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	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Fate	Fate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	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 principal purpose of Fate's advice to the poor brother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | Fate's advice to the poor brother |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To secure the fortune of his niece Militsa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e2:o1:1
# text = To secure the fortune of his niece Militsa
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	secure	secure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	Militsa	Militsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | to-infinitive |  | the fortune of his niece |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition fortune=Beneficiary militsa=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To teach the poor brother to spin golden thread for the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e2:o2:1
# text = To teach the poor brother to spin golden thread for the king
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the poor brother |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient |
| 2 | **spin** | to-infinitive |  | golden thread |  |  |  | for the king | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thread=Result for king=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To protect the fortune of his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e2:o3:1
# text = To protect the fortune of his brother
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the fortune of his brother |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To help the poor brother escape from his debts and misery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:453-pg22373-part45:e2:o4:1
# text = To help the poor brother escape from his debts and misery
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	debts	debt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | the poor brother |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | infinitive | the poor brother *not said here* |  |  | his debts and misery |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from debt=Initial\_Location |

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