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title: Explain the function of the girl's collection of feathers within the… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the function of the girl's collection of feathers within the narrative sequence of this part. Exam question 4 of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's…

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Explain the function of the girl's collection of feathers within the narrative sequence of this part.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** explain · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1678 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans, part 1: a lost king's bargain with a witch, and six brothers turned into swans» 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/1678-pg640-part2/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:e4:1
# text = Explain the function of the girl's collection of feathers within the narrative sequence of this part.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of the girl's collection of feathers |  |  |  | within the narrative sequence of this part | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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They are proof her brothers became swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = They are proof her brothers became swans
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	proof	proof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | proof *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | past | her proof brothers | swans |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They serve as material evidence that her brothers have been transformed into swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = They serve as material evidence that her brothers have been transformed into swans
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | They |  |  |  |  | as material evidence | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as evidence=Attribute |
| 2 | **transform** | present · perfect · passive | material evidence *not said here* | her brothers |  |  |  | into swans *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into swan=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They provide evidence that the stepmother has bewitched her brothers into birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = They provide evidence that the stepmother has bewitched her brothers into birds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | present | They | evidence |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition evidence=Theme |
| 2 | **bewitch** | present · perfect · passive |  | the stepmother |  |  |  | into birds | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer brother=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They act as physical proof that her brothers are now swans in the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1678-pg640-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = They act as physical proof that her brothers are now swans in the yard
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | They |  |  |  |  | as physical proof | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as proof=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | present | her brothers | swans |  |  | now | in the yard | tree rules |

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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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