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title: On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from unty… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from untying the handkerchief? Exam question 4 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magi…

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On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from untying the handkerchief?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, refrain, untie · **To what, where:** traveller advise, condition, handkerchief

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1010 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Travelling Companion: the magician's head, the swan, and the farewell» 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/1010-pg27200-part221/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e4:1
# text = On what condition did the traveller advise John to refrain from untying the handkerchief?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	advise	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	untying	untie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the traveller advise |  | condition |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Eventuality |
| 2 | **refrain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **untie** | gerund |  | the handkerchief |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handkerchief=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 {#o1}

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Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of, and not before the wedding feast was finished and the guests had left the hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e4:o1:1
# text = Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of, and not before the wedding feast was finished and the guests had left the hall
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the princess |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **finish** | past · passive |  | the wedding feast |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 4 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | the guests |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme hall=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e4:o2:1
# text = Until the princess asked him what she was thinking of
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the princess |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Until the princess had asked him, in front of the whole court, what she was thinking of at that moment

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e4:o3:1
# text = Until the princess had asked him, in front of the whole court, what she was thinking of at that moment
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	obl	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect · passive |  | the princess | him *= he* | front of the whole court |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | princess | the whole court |  |  | moment |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Until the king gave his permission to open it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1010-pg27200-part221:e4:o4:1
# text = Until the king gave his permission to open it
1	Until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the king | king's permission |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | permission |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 3 | **permit** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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