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title: Upon what condition did the Prince depart, leaving the Princess to a… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the Prince depart, leaving the Princess to await his return? Exam question 3 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,…

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Upon what condition did the Prince depart, leaving the Princess to await his return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition, Prince, Princess · **What happens:** do, depart, leave, await, return · **To what, where:** Princess, return

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» 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/1123-pg29672-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e3:1
# text = Upon what condition did the Prince depart, leaving the Princess to await his return?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	depart	depart	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depart** | present | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | the Prince *not said here* | the Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **await** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | Prince's return |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **return** |  | Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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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one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = one day
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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a year and twelve weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = a year and twelve weeks
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = a week
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a year and nine weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = a year and nine weeks
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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