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title: In what manner did Katoma ride or break in the heroic steed during t… — Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and K… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Katoma ride or break in the heroic steed during the events of this passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the…

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In what manner did Katoma ride or break in the heroic steed during the events of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Katoma · **What happens:** ride, break · **To what, where:** manner, heroic steed

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 463 «Russian Fairy Tales, Prince Ivan and Katoma, part 55: the Princess ties Prince Ivan to her carriage and Katoma is left on a stump» 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/463-pg22373-part55/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e2:1
# text = In what manner did Katoma ride or break in the heroic steed during the events of this passage?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Katoma	Katoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	heroic	heroic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past · do-support | Katoma |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **break** | infinitive | Katoma *not said here* |  |  | the heroic steed | during the events of this passage |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in steed=Location |

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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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By feeding it oats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e2:o1:1
# text = By feeding it oats
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	oats	oat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **oat** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By striking it with iron chunks and starving it for many days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e2:o2:1
# text = By striking it with iron chunks and starving it for many days
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	starving	starve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	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 | **strike** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with iron chunks | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with chunk=Instrument |
| 2 | **starve** | gerund |  | it |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By whipping it with leather straps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e2:o3:1
# text = By whipping it with leather straps
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	whipping	whip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	straps	strap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whip** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with leather straps | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with strap=Co-Patient |

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

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By striking it with iron chunks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:463-pg22373-part55:e2:o4:1
# text = By striking it with iron chunks
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	striking	strike	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chunks	chunk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with iron chunks | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with chunk=Instrument |

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