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title: What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regar… — Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regarding Anastasia? Exam question 2 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regarding Anastasia?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, narrator · **What happens:** be, regard, declare

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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/831-pg27200-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e2:1
# text = What is the nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regarding Anastasia?
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	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Aphtanides	Aphtanides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
13	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 nature of the narrator's declaration to Aphtanides regard Anastasia |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **declare** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  | to Aphtanides; regard Anastasia | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl regard=obl |

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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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A declaration of loyalty to the family's bond and faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = A declaration of loyalty to the family's bond and faith
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	bond	bond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** |  |  | loyalty |  |  |  | to the family's bond and faith | nom declaration «communication transitive»: of=patient to=obl |
| 2 | **bond** |  | the family |  |  |  |  |  | nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A confession of theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = A confession of theft
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confess** |  |  | theft |  |  |  |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An admission of a love stronger than his love for his mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = An admission of a love stronger than his love for his mother
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	admission	admission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** |  |  | a love |  |  |  |  | nom admission «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **love** |  | admission |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An apology for missing the church service that morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = An apology for missing the church service that morning
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	det	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | gerund | a apology *not said here* | the church service  that morning |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer service=Stimulus |

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