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title: Identify the principal function attributed to the Bird of Popular So… — Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function attributed to the Bird of Popular Song in the narrative. Exam question 2 of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the s…

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Identify the principal function attributed to the Bird of Popular Song in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, attribute · **To what, where:** principal function, narrative

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 802 «Andersen's Tales, The Bird of Popular Song, part 13: the singer wakes the king's spirit, the Bird of Song flies out, and we arrive at Borglum» 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/802-pg27200-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function attributed to the Bird of Popular Song in the narrative.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Song	Song	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal function |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **attribute** | participle |  | the principal function *not said here* |  | the narrative |  | to the Bird of Popular Song | 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 {#o1}

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To warn travellers of storms and of the sea's dangers in the north.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = To warn travellers of storms and of the sea's dangers in the north.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | travellers of storms and the sea's dangers |  | the north |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent traveller=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To remind the king of his battles and bring him rest in his grave.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = To remind the king of his battles and bring him rest in his grave.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remind	remind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  | the king of king's battles |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive |  | king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rest** | infinitive |  |  |  | king's grave |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grave=Location |
| 4 | **battle** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land, and to guard the graves of all the kings who once ruled here.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land, and to guard the graves of all the kings who once ruled here.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	guard	guard	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	graves	grave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	24	advmod	_	_
24	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
25	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **transmit** | infinitive |  | the deeds and songs of the land |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme |
| 3 | **guard** | to-infinitive |  | the graves of all kings |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grave=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **rule** | past | all kings |  |  | here |  | once *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **sing** |  | the land |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:802-pg27200-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = To preserve and transmit the deeds and songs of the land.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	transmit	transmit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **preserve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **transmit** | infinitive |  | the deeds and songs of the land |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** |  | the land |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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