--- title: What is the function of the Star within the narrative? — Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the function of the Star within the narrative? Exam question 2 of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/954-pg27200-part165/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/954-pg27200-part165/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a mon… What is the function of the Star within the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** function · **What happens:** be This is exam question 2 of lesson 954 «Andersen's Tales, The Psyche: a young artist becomes a monk, doubts his faith, dies, and centuries later his marble Psyche is dug up» 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/954-pg27200-part165/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e2:1 # text = What is the function of the Star within the narrative? 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 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 within within ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the function of the Star within the narrative | | | | | | tree rules | 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} It observes and remembers the life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e2:o1:1 # text = It observes and remembers the life 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 observes observe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 remembers remember VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **observe** | present | It | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **remember** | present | | the life | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It judges the monk's final sins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e2:o2:1 # text = It judges the monk's final sins 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 judges judge 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 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **judge** | present | It | the monk's final sins | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent sin=Value | ### Option 3 {#o3} It guides the monk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e2:o3:1 # text = It guides the monk 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guides guide 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 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guide** | present | It | the monk | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monk=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It narrates the sculptor's rise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:954-pg27200-part165:e2:o4:1 # text = It narrates the sculptor's rise 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 narrates narrate 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 sculptor sculptor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **narrate** *speech: other* | present | It | the sculptor's rise | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rise=Topic | | 2 | **rise** | | the sculptor | | | | | | nom rise «event intransitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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