--- title: What is the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house? Exam question 2 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/e2/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/298-pg1597-part25/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely o… What is the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** function · **What happens:** be This is exam question 2 of lesson 298 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, part 25: a lonely old man and a gift» 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/298-pg1597-part25/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e2:1 # text = What is the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house? 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 4 det _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 leaden leaden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 spout spout NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the function of the leaden spout with a dragon's head on the old house | | | | | | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It carries rain-water, though it leaks from its belly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e2:o1:1 # text = It carries rain-water, though it leaks from its belly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 though though SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leaks leak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | It | rain water | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 2 | **leak** | present | water | | | water's belly | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from belly=Source | ### Option 2 {#o2} It carries rain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e2:o2:1 # text = It carries rain 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carries carry VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | present | It | rain | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It catches snow for the old man, leaking through its tail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e2:o3:1 # text = It catches snow for the old man, leaking through its tail 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 catches catch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 leaking leak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | present | It | snow | | | | for the old man | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent snow=Theme for man=Beneficiary | | 2 | **leak** | gerund | | | | snow's tail | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through tail=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It holds the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:298-pg1597-part25:e2:o4:1 # text = It holds the wall 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 holds hold 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 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | It | the wall | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Theme | **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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