--- title: What was the function of the magic water in the narrative? — Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the function of the magic water in the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/e4/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1263-pg3282-part64/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas… What was the function of the magic water in the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** function · **What happens:** be This is exam question 4 of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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/1263-pg3282-part64/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e4:1 # text = What was the function of the magic water in the narrative? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the function of the magic water in the narrative | | | | | | tree rules | 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} It restored the dead to life and freed the captured girls from the witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e4:o1:1 # text = It restored the dead to life and freed the captured girls from the witch 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 freed free VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | past | It | the dead | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dead=Theme to life=Recipient | | 2 | **free** | past | | the captured girls | | | | from the witch | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer girl=Source | | 3 | **capture** | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It gave the knight great strength ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e4:o2:1 # text = It gave the knight great strength 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | It | great strength | the knight | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent knight=Recipient strength=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It made the witch young again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e4:o3:1 # text = It made the witch young again 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | the witch | | | again | young *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material witch=Product | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It restored the dead to life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1263-pg3282-part64:e4:o4:1 # text = It restored the dead to life 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | past | It | the dead | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dead=Theme to life=Recipient | **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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