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title: State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to the boy at the parting. Exam question 2 of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» of the boo
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…

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State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to the boy at the parting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, give · **To what, where:** function, elder blossom, parting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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/873-pg27200-part84/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:e2:1
# text = State the function of the elder-blossom given by the little girl to the boy at the parting.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	blossom	blossom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of the elder blossom |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent function=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the elder blossom *not said here* |  | the parting |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at parting=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It serves as a keepsake of the parting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:e2:o1:1
# text = It serves as a keepsake of the parting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keepsake	keepsake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | It |  |  |  |  | as a keepsake of the parting | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as keepsake=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It marks the start of a long journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:e2:o2:1
# text = It marks the start of a long journey
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	marks	mark	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	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** | present | It | the start of a long journey |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent start=Destination |
| 2 | **start** |  |  | a long journey |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A parting gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:e2:o3:1
# text = A parting gift
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is a token of their friendship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:873-pg27200-part84:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a token of their friendship
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a token |  |  |  | of their friendship | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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