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title: In what manner does Featherhead respond when the portrait is present… — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does Featherhead respond when the portrait is presented to him by the Fairy? Exam question 2 of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is sco…

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In what manner does Featherhead respond when the portrait is presented to him by the Fairy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Featherhead, Fairy · **What happens:** respond, present · **To what, where:** manner, portrait, Featherhead

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» 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/1884-pg7277-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e2:1
# text = In what manner does Featherhead respond when the portrait is presented to him by the Fairy?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Featherhead	featherhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	respond	respond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	portrait	portrait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Featherhead |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **present** | present · passive | the Fairy | the portrait | Featherhead |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to he=Recipient |

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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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He stares at it and blushes, then looks up quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = He stares at it and blushes, then looks up quickly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stares	stare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blushes	blush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | present | He |  |  |  |  | at it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 2 | **blush** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look up** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | quickly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gazes	gaze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	transfixed	transfix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | present | He |  |  |  |  | at it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 2 | **transfix** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **look away** | can |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He studies it closely and smiles softly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = He studies it closely and smiles softly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | He | it |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 2 | **smile** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away from it for the rest of the day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = He gazes at it, transfixed, and cannot look away from it for the rest of the day
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gazes	gaze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	transfixed	transfix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | present | He |  |  |  |  | at it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
| 2 | **transfix** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **look away** | can |  |  |  |  |  | for the rest of the day; from it; away *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from it=Theme |

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