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title: Upon what condition did the Wind confer the ram upon the protagonist? — Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the Wind confer the ram upon the protagonist? Exam question 2 of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scat…

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Upon what condition did the Wind confer the ram upon the protagonist?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wind · **What happens:** confer · **To what, where:** ram

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1099 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Wind and the Sack: a ram that scatters money» 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/1099-pg29672-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e2:1
# text = Upon what condition did the Wind confer the ram upon the protagonist?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	confer	confer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | past · do-support | the Wind | the ram |  |  |  | upon the protagonist | tree rules |

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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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Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | infinitive | he | the tavern |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent tavern=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern and never drink mead again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = Upon the condition that he avoid the tavern and never drink mead again
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	mead	mead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | infinitive | he | the tavern |  |  |  | upon the condition | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent tavern=Location |
| 2 | **not** **drink** | infinitive | he *not said here* | mead |  |  | again |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mead=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon the condition that he sell none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = Upon the condition that he sell none
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
7	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | infinitive | he | none |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Upon the promise that he visit daily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1099-pg29672-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = Upon the promise that he visit daily
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
7	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | infinitive | he | the promise *not said here* |  |  |  | daily *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Co-Agent |

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