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title: State the principal action performed by the Pope upon the image of S… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with th… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal action performed by the Pope upon the image of St. Nicholas prior to his departure. Exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part…

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State the principal action performed by the Pope upon the image of St. Nicholas prior to his departure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nicholas · **What happens:** perform, image, depart · **To what, where:** State principal action, Nicholas

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 486 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part 78: a greedy Pope steals loaves and tries to cure a princess by chopping her up» 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/486-pg22373-part78/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e1:1
# text = State the principal action performed by the Pope upon the image of St. Nicholas prior to his departure.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pope	Pope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:desc	_	_
14	Nicholas	Nicholas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | participle |  | the State principal action *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Pope; upon the image of Nicholas  St. prior Nicholas's departure | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **image** |  |  | Nicholas  St. |  |  |  | prior Nicholas's departure | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient prior=obl |
| 3 | **depart** |  | Nicholas |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He knelt before the image, then struck it sharply with his keys and cloak together

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e1:o1:1
# text = He knelt before the image, then struck it sharply with his keys and cloak together
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kneel** | past | He |  |  | the image |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before image=Location |
| 2 | **strike** | past | He *not said here* | image |  |  | then | with his keys and cloak; sharply, together *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with key=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He struck the painted image of the saint on the wall with a heavy iron key

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e1:o2:1
# text = He struck the painted image of the saint on the wall with a heavy iron key
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | He | the painted image of the saint |  | the wall |  | with a heavy iron key | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with key=Instrument |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **image** |  |  | the saint |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He kissed the image of the saint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e1:o3:1
# text = He kissed the image of the saint
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kissed	kiss	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	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | past | He | the image of the saint |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **image** |  |  | the saint |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He struck the image with the church keys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e1:o4:1
# text = He struck the image with the church keys
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	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	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	keys	key	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** | past | He | the image |  |  |  | with the church keys | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with key=Instrument |

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