--- title: What was the nature of the gift presented by the bird to the father? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree:… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the nature of the gift presented by the bird to the father? Exam question 2 of lesson 765 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree: the bird's song brings justice» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/765-pg2591-part41/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/765-pg2591-part41/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree: the bird's song bri… What was the nature of the gift presented by the bird to the father? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, present · **To what, where:** gift, father This is exam question 2 of lesson 765 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Juniper Tree: the bird's song brings justice» 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/765-pg2591-part41/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:765-pg2591-part41:e2:1 # text = What was the nature of the gift presented by the bird to the father? 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 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 presented present 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 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the gift | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **present** | participle | | the gift *not said here* | the father | | | by the bird | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to father=Recipient | 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 {#o1} a beautiful gold chain of the finest craft ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:765-pg2591-part41:e2:o1:1 # text = a beautiful gold chain of the finest craft 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 craft craft NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a silver coin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:765-pg2591-part41:e2:o2:1 # text = a silver coin 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a gold chain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:765-pg2591-part41:e2:o3:1 # text = a gold chain 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a heavy golden chain of great value ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:765-pg2591-part41:e2:o4:1 # text = a heavy golden chain of great value 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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