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title: What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Vara… — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Varana-tree upon witnessing the conclusion of the crab's enterprise? Exam question 3 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…

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What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Varana-tree upon witnessing the conclusion of the crab's enterprise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature, Varana tree · **What happens:** be, deliver, witness, conclude · **To what, where:** verse, conclusion, enterprise

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e3:1
# text = What was the nature of the verse delivered by the Genius of the Varana-tree upon witnessing the conclusion of the crab's enterprise?
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	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Genius	Genius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Varana	Varana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	witnessing	witness	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the verse |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **deliver** | participle |  | the verse *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Genius of the Varana tree | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **witness** | gerund | the Varana tree *not said here* | the conclusion of the crab's enterprise |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | the crab's enterprise |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A poem praising the crab's cleverness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = A poem praising the crab's cleverness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	praising	praise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | gerund | a poem *not said here* | the crab's cleverness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A poem praising the crab's cleverness, sung softly from the high branches of the tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = A poem praising the crab's cleverness, sung softly from the high branches of the tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	praising	praise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | gerund | a poem *not said here* | the crab's cleverness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle · passive |  | a poem |  | the high branches of the tree |  | softly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A poem praising the crab's cleverness and warning all cranes to stay away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = A poem praising the crab's cleverness and warning all cranes to stay away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	praising	praise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	cranes	crane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | gerund | a poem *not said here* | the crab's cleverness |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleverness=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund | a poem *not said here* | all cranes |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crane=Recipient |
| 3 | **stay away** | to-infinitive | a poem *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A song mocking the crane's pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = A song mocking the crane's pride
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	mocking	mock	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | gerund | a song *not said here* | the crane's pride |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme |
| 2 | **pride** |  |  | the crane |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=patient |

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