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title: What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, an… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, and what did he become upon departing? Exam question 3 of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bir…

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What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, and what did he become upon departing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Death, nightingale · **What happens:** relinquish, become, depart, sing · **To what, where:** exchange

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 913 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the clockwork bird breaks, and the real nightingale saves the dying emperor» 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/913-pg27200-part124/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e3:1
# text = What did Death relinquish in exchange for the nightingale's song, and what did he become upon departing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nightingale	nightingale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	departing	depart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relinquish** | past · do-support | Death |  |  | exchange for the nightingale's song |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **depart** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **sing** |  | the nightingale |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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The sword and robe; a thin silver cloud that rose away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e3:o1:1
# text = The sword and robe; a thin silver cloud that rose away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise away** | past | a thin silver cloud |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sword, banner and crown, all the royal treasures; a cold, white mist that drifted slowly out through the window

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e3:o2:1
# text = The sword, banner and crown, all the royal treasures; a cold, white mist that drifted slowly out through the window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	out	out	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
22	through	through	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift** | past | a cold white mist |  |  | the window |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The shield and banner; a pale grey fog in the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e3:o3:1
# text = The shield and banner; a pale grey fog in the night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sword, banner and crown; a cold, white mist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:913-pg27200-part124:e3:o4:1
# text = The sword, banner and crown; a cold, white mist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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