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title: To whom does the narrative attribute the offer of a renewed position… — Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurge… · tree and pragmatics
description: To whom does the narrative attribute the offer of a renewed position and of hospitality to Jurgen? Exam question 2 of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and trave…

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To whom does the narrative attribute the offer of a renewed position and of hospitality to Jurgen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, renew, offer · **To what, where:** narrative attribute, renewed position

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 967 «Jurgen's Book, Jurgen, part 178: Jurgen is freed and travels to Skjagen» 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/967-pg27200-part178/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:e2:1
# text = To whom does the narrative attribute the offer of a renewed position and of hospitality to Jurgen?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the narrative attribute |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **offer** |  |  | a renewed position and hospitality to Jurgen |  |  |  |  | nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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To the shepherd boy Jurgen met

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:e2:o1:1
# text = To the shepherd boy Jurgen met
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | the shepherd boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To the wealthy merchant Bronne, who had known Jurgen's father and who offered him work on his own farm up north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:e2:o2:1
# text = To the wealthy merchant Bronne, who had known Jurgen's father and who offered him work on his own farm up north
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
10	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	iobj	_	_
17	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	up	up	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	north	north	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wealthy merchant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **offer** | past |  |  | Jurgen |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** *not said to happen* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on Jurgen's own farm; north *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the burgomaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:e2:o3:1
# text = To the burgomaster
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	burgomaster	burgomaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To the merchant Bronne of Skjagen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:967-pg27200-part178:e2:o4:1
# text = To the merchant Bronne of Skjagen
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Skjagen	Skjagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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