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title: By what means did Prince Ivan execute the whirlwind Vikhor? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Prince Ivan execute the whirlwind Vikhor? Exam question 2 of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1:…

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By what means did Prince Ivan execute the whirlwind Vikhor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, execute · **To what, where:** Prince Ivan, whirlwind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 462 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Blind Man and the Cripple, part 1: Prince Ivan defeats the whirlwind Vikhor and sets out to woo Anna the Fair» 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/462-pg22373-part54/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e2:1
# text = By what means did Prince Ivan execute the whirlwind Vikhor?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	execute	execute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	whirlwind	whirlwind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	Vikhor	Vikhor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | Prince Ivan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ivan=Eventuality |
| 3 | **execute** | present |  | the whirlwind |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whirlwind=Patient |

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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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By a single blow of a faulchion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e2:o1:1
# text = By a single blow of a faulchion
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	faulchion	faulchion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** |  | a faulchion |  |  |  |  |  | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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By trapping him beneath a mountain and cutting him down with a long curved blade after three days

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e2:o2:1
# text = By trapping him beneath a mountain and cutting him down with a long curved blade after three days
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	trapping	trap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | beneath a mountain | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **cut down** | gerund |  | him *= he* |  |  | day | with a long curved blade | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with blade=Instrument |
| 3 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By a single blow of an axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e2:o3:1
# text = By a single blow of an axe
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** |  | a axe |  |  |  |  |  | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By a single blow of a faulchion across the neck in front of the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:462-pg22373-part54:e2:o4:1
# text = By a single blow of a faulchion across the neck in front of the court
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	faulchion	faulchion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** |  | a faulchion |  |  | the neck |  |  | nom blow «act intransitive»: of=agent across=place |

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