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title: Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in… — Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in the forest? Exam question 2 of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daug…

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Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lesson, survival, Marfa · **What happens:** concern, convey, survive · **To what, where:** kindness, lesson, forest

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 457 «Russian Fairy Tales, Frost, part 49: the stepmother's daughters freeze in the forest» 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/457-pg22373-part49/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e2:1
# text = Which lesson concerning kindness is conveyed by Marfa's survival in the forest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Marfa	Marfa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | which lesson *not said here* | kindness |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kindness=Experiencer |
| 2 | **convey** | present · passive | Marfa's survival in the forest | which lesson |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 3 | **survive** |  | Marfa |  |  | the forest |  |  | nom survival «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded by the spirits of the forest, who love the humble

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e2:o1:1
# text = That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded by the spirits of the forest, who love the humble
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | present · passive | the spirits of the forest | that gentleness and courtesy |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **love** | present | the forest | the humble |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer humble=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded, while pride and rudeness are always punished in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e2:o2:1
# text = That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded, while pride and rudeness are always punished in the end
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
9	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | present · passive |  | that gentleness and courtesy |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **punish** | present · passive |  | pride and rudeness |  |  | in the end | always *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That cruelty is punished by the winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e2:o3:1
# text = That cruelty is punished by the winter
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | present · passive |  | that cruelty |  |  | winter |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:457-pg22373-part49:e2:o4:1
# text = That gentleness and courtesy are rewarded
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	gentleness	gentleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	rewarded	reward	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 | **reward** | present · passive |  | that gentleness and courtesy |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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