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title: What evidence causes the pursuing devils to abandon their search for… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What evidence causes the pursuing devils to abandon their search for the maiden? Exam question 4 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 t
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Hasty Word, part 1: a youth who wi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What evidence causes the pursuing devils to abandon their search for the maiden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pursuing, their · **What happens:** cause, devil, abandon, search · **To what, where:** search

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e4:1
# text = What evidence causes the pursuing devils to abandon their search for the maiden?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	devils	devil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **devil** | present | the pursuing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | the pursuing *not said here* | their search |  |  |  | for the maiden | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme search=Source |
| 4 | **search** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom search «act transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They find footprints leading only into the water.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e4:o1:1
# text = They find footprints leading only into the water.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | They | footprints |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footprint=Topic |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund | footprints *not said here* |  |  | the water |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into water=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They discover footprints going into the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e4:o2:1
# text = They discover footprints going into the lake.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | present | They | footprints |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footprint=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | footprints *not said here* |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into lake=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They find footprints leading only into the water and none coming back out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e4:o3:1
# text = They find footprints leading only into the water and none coming back out.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	8	conj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | They | footprints |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footprint=Topic |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund | footprints *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 3 | **come back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They see tracks leading into the lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:489-pg22373-part81:e4:o4:1
# text = They see tracks leading into the lake.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | They | tracks |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer track=Stimulus |
| 2 | **lead** | gerund | tracks *not said here* |  |  | the lake |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into lake=Destination |

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