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title: Of what commodity did the destitute moujik declare himself unable to… — Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what commodity did the destitute moujik declare himself unable to procure for the sacred lamp? Exam question 1 of lesson 483 «Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast's beer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews…

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Of what commodity did the destitute moujik declare himself unable to procure for the sacred lamp?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moujik · **What happens:** destitute, declare, procure · **To what, where:** moujik

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 483 «Russian Folk-Tales, Beer and Corn: a poor man's well brews the feast's beer» 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/483-pg22373-part75/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:e1:1
# text = Of what commodity did the destitute moujik declare himself unable to procure for the sacred lamp?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	commodity	commodity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	destitute	destitute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	procure	procure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destitute** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | infinitive | moujik | moujik |  |  |  | unable *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute |
| 3 | **procure** | to-infinitive | moujik *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the sacred lamp | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for lamp=Beneficiary |

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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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lamp oil for the church icon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:e1:o1:1
# text = lamp oil for the church icon
1	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	icon	icon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:e1:o2:1
# text = ash
1	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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oil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:e1:o3:1
# text = oil
1	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:483-pg22373-part75:e1:o4:1
# text = wax
1	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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