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title: What did the villagers do to the body of the corpse? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the villagers do to the body of the corpse? Exam question 3 of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: th…

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What did the villagers do to the body of the corpse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** villagers · **What happens:** do

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 478 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Moujik and the Corpse, part 70: the moujik wins back the coffin-lid and saves two dead lads» 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/478-pg22373-part70/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e3:1
# text = What did the villagers do to the body of the corpse?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the villagers |  |  |  |  | to the body of the corpse | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Drove a long sharpened aspen stake through its heart while praying aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e3:o1:1
# text = Drove a long sharpened aspen stake through its heart while praying aloud
1	Drove	drove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	aspen	aspen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stake	stake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	advcl	_	_
12	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drove** | infinitive | a long sharpened aspen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sharpen** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **stake** | infinitive | a long sharpened aspen |  |  | aspen's heart |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pray** | gerund | a long sharpened aspen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pinned its body to the ground with a spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e3:o2:1
# text = Pinned its body to the ground with a spear
1	Pinned	pin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pin** | participle |  | its body |  |  |  | to the ground; with a spear | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent body=Patient to ground=Co-Patient with spear=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drove an aspen stake through its heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e3:o3:1
# text = Drove an aspen stake through its heart
1	Drove	drove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	aspen	aspen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drove** | imperative | you *not said here* | a aspen stake |  | stake's heart |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Burned the corpse on a pyre and drove an iron stake through its chest first

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:478-pg22373-part70:e3:o4:1
# text = Burned the corpse on a pyre and drove an iron stake through its chest first
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	corpse	corpse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pyre	pyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stake	stake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past |  | the corpse |  | a pyre |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corpse=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** | past |  | a iron stake |  | stake's chest |  | first *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent stake=Theme through chest=Trajectory |

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