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title: What condition did the Princess set before agreeing to marry Riquet… — Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the pr… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the Princess set before agreeing to marry Riquet with the Tuft? Exam question 3 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her wor…

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What condition did the Princess set before agreeing to marry Riquet with the Tuft?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, agree, marry · **To what, where:** Princess set, Riquet

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1087 «Perrault, Riquet with the Tuft: the princess keeps her word and marries the prince» 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/1087-pg29021-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e3:1
# text = What condition did the Princess set before agreeing to marry Riquet with the Tuft?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Riquet	riquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Tuft	tuft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what condition | the Princess set |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund | what condition *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | what condition *not said here* | Riquet |  |  |  | with the Tuft | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riquet=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That her father should give his consent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = That her father should give his consent
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | her father | father's consent |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme |
| 2 | **consent** |  | father |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That her father should give his consent and bless the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = That her father should give his consent and bless the match
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | her father | father's consent |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme |
| 2 | **bless** | infinitive | her father *not said here* | the match |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme |
| 3 | **consent** |  | father |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That her father should give his consent before any wedding plans were made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = That her father should give his consent before any wedding plans were made
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | should | her father | father's consent |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | any wedding plans |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **consent** |  | father |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the King should bless the match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1087-pg29021-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = That the King should bless the match
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | should | That | the match |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme |

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