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title: On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess,… — Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess, and how long did he grant her to deliberate? Exam question 4 of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…

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On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess, and how long did he grant her to deliberate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** terms, Riquet · **What happens:** undertake, bestow, grant, deliberate · **To what, where:** wit, Princess

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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/1086-pg29021-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:e4:1
# text = On what terms did Riquet undertake to bestow wit upon the Princess, and how long did he grant her to deliberate?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Riquet	Riquet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	undertake	undertake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	wit	wit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
17	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
20	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	deliberate	deliberate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | past · do-support | terms |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **bestow** | to-infinitive | terms *not said here* | wit |  |  |  | upon the Princess | tree rules |
| 3 | **grant** | past · do-support | Riquet | Princess |  |  |  | long *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 4 | **deliberate** | to-infinitive | Riquet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=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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On condition of marriage, allowing her a year to decide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = On condition of marriage, allowing her a year to decide
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	allowing	allow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | gerund |  |  | her *= she* |  | year |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **condition** |  |  | marriage |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Upon the terms of marriage, granting her a whole year to consider

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = Upon the terms of marriage, granting her a whole year to consider
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	granting	grant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  | year | upon the terms of marriage | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **consider** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **term** |  |  | marriage |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon the terms of marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = Upon the terms of marriage
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** |  |  | marriage |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On the terms of a gift, granting her a month to decide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1086-pg29021-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = On the terms of a gift, granting her a month to decide
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	granting	grant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  | the terms of a gift | month |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **term** |  |  | a gift |  |  |  |  | nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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