--- title: Describe the means by which the witch is finally rendered powerless. — Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the means by which the witch is finally rendered powerless. Exam question 4 of lesson 471 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/471-pg22373-part63/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/471-pg22373-part63/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier… Describe the means by which the witch is finally rendered powerless. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, the · **What happens:** describe, mean, render · **To what, where:** witch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 471 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Soldier and the Witch: the soldier drives a witch's coffin and tricks her» 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/471-pg22373-part63/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:e4:1 # text = Describe the means by which the witch is finally rendered powerless. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 finally finally ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 rendered render VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 11 powerless powerless NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **render** | present · passive | | the witch | | | | finally *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient powerless=Theme | 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} the sound of a bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:e4:o1:1 # text = the sound of a bell 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the crowing of the cocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:e4:o2:1 # text = the crowing of the cocks 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowing crowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cocks cock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crow** | | the cocks | | | | | | nom crowing «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} the rising sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:e4:o3:1 # text = the rising sun 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rising rising NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a holy prayer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:471-pg22373-part63:e4:o4:1 # text = a holy prayer 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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