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title: What reason does St. Kasian give for declining to assist the moujik? — Songs of the Russian People, Saints an… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason does St. Kasian give for declining to assist the moujik? Exam question 3 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 3 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part…

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What reason does St. Kasian give for declining to assist the moujik?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, St. · **What happens:** do, give, decline, not assist · **To what, where:** moujik

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» 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/485-pg22373-part77/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e3:1
# text = What reason does St. Kasian give for declining to assist the moujik?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Kasian	Kasian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	declining	decline	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	moujik	moujik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | St. |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **decline** | gerund | St. *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **assist** | to-infinitive | St. *not said here* | the moujik |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moujik=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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concern for the preservation of his heavenly apparel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e3:o1:1
# text = concern for the preservation of his heavenly apparel
1	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	apparel	apparel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** |  |  | his heavenly apparel |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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fear of spoiling his clean heavenly garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e3:o2:1
# text = fear of spoiling his clean heavenly garments
1	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	spoiling	spoil	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** | gerund | fear *not said here* | his clean heavenly garments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a vow he made never to touch the earth or its mud with his holy robes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e3:o3:1
# text = a vow he made never to touch the earth or its mud with his holy robes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | vow | a vow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Product |
| 2 | **not** **touch** | to-infinitive | a vow | the earth or its mud |  |  |  | with vow's holy robes | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent earth=Experiencer with robe=Instrument |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his duty to preserve the sacred garments given to him by God in heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e3:o4:1
# text = his duty to preserve the sacred garments given to him by God in heaven
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive | his duty | the sacred garments |  | heaven |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the sacred garments *not said here* | duty |  |  | by God | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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