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title: What response does Aphtanides make to the narrator's declaration, an… — Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: What response does Aphtanides make to the narrator's declaration, and why? Exam question 3 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 the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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What response does Aphtanides make to the narrator's declaration, and why?

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

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e3:1
# text = What response does Aphtanides make to the narrator's declaration, and why?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Aphtanides	aphtanide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	declaration	declaration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | response |  |  |  |  | to the narrator's declaration | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product |
| 2 | **declare** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom declaration «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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He blames the narrator and refuses the oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e3:o1:1
# text = He blames the narrator and refuses the oath
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blames	blame	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	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blame** | present | He | the narrator |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** | present | He *not said here* | the oath |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, and then sails away before dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e3:o2:1
# text = He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, and then sails away before dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relinquish** | present | He | his claim |  | loyalty and grief |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **sail away** | present | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then; dawn | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **claim** |  | his *= he* |  |  | loyalty and grief |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent out=place |

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

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He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e3:o3:1
# text = He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relinquish** | present | He | his claim |  | loyalty and grief |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **claim** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, giving all his money to the mother

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e3:o4:1
# text = He relinquishes his claim out of loyalty and grief, giving all his money to the mother
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relinquishes	relinquish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relinquish** | present | He | his claim |  | loyalty and grief |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | He *not said here* | his money | the mother |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to mother=Recipient |
| 3 | **claim** |  | his *= he* |  |  | loyalty and grief |  |  | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent out=place |

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