Exam question 3 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
5	Kasian	Kasian	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 St.	flat
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 declining	mark
8	declining	decline	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 assist	mark
10	assist	assist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 declining	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moujik	det
12	moujik	moujik	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 assist	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

concern for the preservation of his heavenly apparel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 preservation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 preservation	det
4	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 concern	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 apparel	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 apparel	nmod:poss
7	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 apparel	amod
8	apparel	apparel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preservation	nmod

#	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

fear of spoiling his clean heavenly garments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	3 spoiling	mark
3	spoiling	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 fear	acl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 garments	nmod:poss
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 garments	amod
6	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 garments	amod
7	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spoiling	obj

#	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

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

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vow	det
2	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touch	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 vow	acl:relcl
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 touch	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 touch	mark
7	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touch	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 mud	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mud	nmod:poss
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 earth	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 robes	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 robes	nmod:poss
15	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 robes	amod
16	robes	robe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 touch	obl

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 duty	nmod:poss
2	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preserve	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 preserve	mark
4	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 garments	det
6	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 garments	amod
7	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preserve	obj
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 garments	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 given	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 God	case
12	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 heaven	case
14	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 preserve	obl

#	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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