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title: Which cause is given in the narrative for the poet's silence concern… — Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which cause is given in the narrative for the poet's silence concerning the name he murmured? Exam question 4 of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a g…

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Which cause is given in the narrative for the poet's silence concerning the name he murmured?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** silence, he, poet · **What happens:** give, concern, murmur, silence · **To what, where:** cause, narrative, name

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 902 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon, part 113: the Moon watches a grandmother at the Louvre, a boy's death on the throne, and the people by the sea» 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/902-pg27200-part113/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e4:1
# text = Which cause is given in the narrative for the poet's silence concerning the name he murmured?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	murmured	murmur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | which cause |  | the narrative |  | for the poet's silence | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for silence=Asset |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the poet's silence *not said here* | the name |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus name=Experiencer |
| 3 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | he | the name *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 4 | **silence** |  | the poet |  |  |  |  |  | nom silence «state 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The coronet of a count surmounting the name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e4:o1:1
# text = The coronet of a count surmounting the name
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surmount** | gerund | the coronet of a count *not said here* | the name |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The coronet of a count surmounting the name and the poet's shame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e4:o2:1
# text = The coronet of a count surmounting the name and the poet's shame
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surmount** | gerund | the coronet of a count *not said here* | the name and the poet's shame |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **shame** |  | the poet |  |  |  |  |  | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mitre of a bishop above it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e4:o3:1
# text = The mitre of a bishop above it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mitre	mitre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The coronet of a count surmounting the name, which he feared to speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:902-pg27200-part113:e4:o4:1
# text = The coronet of a count surmounting the name, which he feared to speak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coronet	coronet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	surmounting	surmount	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surmount** | gerund | the coronet of a count *not said here* | the name |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme name=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **fear** | past | the coronet of a count |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the coronet of a count *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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