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title: What is the principal function of the old woman in the final part of… — Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal function of the old woman in the final part of this extract? Exam question 4 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 of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is sco…

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What is the principal function of the old woman in the final part of this extract?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal function · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e4:1
# text = What is the principal function of the old woman in the final part of this extract?
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	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	extract	extract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal function of the old woman in the final part of this extract |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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She steals a small coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e4:o1:1
# text = She steals a small coin
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | She | a small coin |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location coin=Theme |

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

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She exploits Celandine's distress and obtains her rich garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e4:o2:1
# text = She exploits Celandine's distress and obtains her rich garments
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	exploits	exploit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	obtains	obtain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exploit** | present | She | Celandine's distress |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distress=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | present | She *not said here* | Celandine's rich garments |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset garment=Theme |
| 3 | **distress** |  | Celandine |  |  |  |  |  | nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She takes advantage of Celandine's sorrow to win her fine robe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e4:o3:1
# text = She takes advantage of Celandine's sorrow to win her fine robe
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Celandine	Celandine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | She | advantage of Celandine's sorrow |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | Celandine's fine robe |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sorrow** |  | Celandine |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She helps Celandine home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1884-pg7277-part21:e4:o4:1
# text = She helps Celandine home
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Celandine	celandine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | She | Celandine |  |  |  | home *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celandine=Beneficiary |

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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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