--- title: Which condition does the old man impose upon the youth at the lake? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which condition does the old man impose upon the youth at the lake? Exam question 1 of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/489-pg22373-part81/e1/) [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 Hasty Word, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/489-pg22373-part81/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi… Which condition does the old man impose upon the youth at the lake? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** impose · **To what, where:** lake This is exam question 1 of lesson 489 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wished for any bride goes under the lake» 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/489-pg22373-part81/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e1:1 # text = Which condition does the old man impose upon the youth at the lake? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 impose impose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | present · do-support | which condition | | | the lake | | upon the youth | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} He must kneel down and face the water slowly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e1:o1:1 # text = He must kneel down and face the water slowly. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 kneel kneel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 face face VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel down** | must | He | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **face** | present | He *not said here* | the water | | | | slowly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} He must walk backwards. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e1:o2:1 # text = He must walk backwards. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | must | He | | | | | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He must turn his back to the lake and walk backwards. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e1:o3:1 # text = He must turn his back to the lake and walk backwards. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | must | He | his back | | the lake | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent back=Theme to lake=Trajectory | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He must close his eyes and walk forward. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e1:o4:1 # text = He must close his eyes and walk forward. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 forward forward ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | must | He | his eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 2 | **walk** | present | He *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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