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title: What, according to the narrative, did the fairy bestow upon the youn… — Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the narrative, did the fairy bestow upon the youngest daughter in recompense for her civility? Exam question 2 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

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What, according to the narrative, did the fairy bestow upon the youngest daughter in recompense for her civility?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy · **What happens:** accord, bestow · **To what, where:** recompense

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» 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/1078-pg29021-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e2:1
# text = What, according to the narrative, did the fairy bestow upon the youngest daughter in recompense for her civility?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	_
15	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	recompense	recompense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	civility	civility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bestow** | past · do-support | the fairy |  |  | recompense |  | upon the youngest daughter; for fairy's civility | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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A rose or a coin from her lap with each kind thing said

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = A rose or a coin from her lap with each kind thing said
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a rose from her lap with each kind thing or a coin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A flower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = A flower
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A flower or a jewel from her mouth with every word spoken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = A flower or a jewel from her mouth with every word spoken
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jewel	jewel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
12	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle · passive |  | a flower with every word or a jewel from her mouth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A golden ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = A golden ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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