--- title: Specify the penalty which the King prescribed for any physician who… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with th… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the penalty which the King prescribed for any physician who failed to restore his daughter. Exam question 3 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/486-pg22373-part78/e3/) [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 Priest with th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/486-pg22373-part78/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Priest with the Greedy Eyes, part… Specify the penalty which the King prescribed for any physician who failed to restore his daughter. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, King, physician · **What happens:** specify, prescribe, fail, not restore · **To what, where:** penalty, daughter This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e3:1 # text = Specify the penalty which the King prescribed for any physician who failed to restore his daughter. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 prescribed prescribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the penalty | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme | | 2 | **prescribe** | past | the King | the penalty | | | | for any physician | tree rules | | 3 | **fail** | past | any physician | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **restore** | to-infinitive | any physician *not said here* | King's daughter | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=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} Burning alive in the public square at noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e3:o1:1 # text = Burning alive in the public square at noon 1 Burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | alive *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Beheading, nothing else ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e3:o2:1 # text = Beheading, nothing else 1 Beheading beheading NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 1 appos _ _ 4 else else ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hanging, the body to be burned at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e3:o3:1 # text = Hanging, the body to be burned at dawn 1 Hanging hang VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **burn** | to-infinitive · passive | | the body | | | dawn | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Beheading, the head to be displayed upon a stake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:486-pg22373-part78:e3:o4:1 # text = Beheading, the head to be displayed upon a stake 1 Beheading beheading NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **display** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | upon a stake | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP» | **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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