--- title: What is the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrativ… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrative of this tale? Exam question 3 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books course of M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/e3/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1695-pg640-part19/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her… What is the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrative of this tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal function · **What happens:** be This is exam question 3 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e3:1 # text = What is the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrative of this tale? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the principal function of the magic loaf within the narrative of this tale | | | | | | 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 feeds the giant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e3:o1:1 # text = It feeds the giant 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feeds feed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present | It | the giant | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It produces gold pieces each time it is bitten ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e3:o2:1 # text = It produces gold pieces each time it is bitten 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 produces produce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present | It | gold pieces | | | time | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Result | | 2 | **bite** | present · passive | each time *not said here* | it | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It keeps the giants asleep at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e3:o3:1 # text = It keeps the giants asleep at night 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the giants | | | night | asleep *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It turns the boy invisible for one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e3:o4:1 # text = It turns the boy invisible for one day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | the boy | | | day | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme boy=Result | **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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