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title: Specify the condition which the witch set upon the release of the tr… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the condition which the witch set upon the release of the transformed men, and the place from which the remedy must be obtained. Exam question 4 of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the isla
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian fre…

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Specify the condition which the witch set upon the release of the transformed men, and the place from which the remedy must be obtained.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, condition · **What happens:** specify, set, transform, obtain · **To what, where:** condition, remedy, place

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1142 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 8: Ian frees the knight's daughter, kills the giant, and is left behind on the island» 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/1142-pg3027-part8/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e4:1
# text = Specify the condition which the witch set upon the release of the transformed men, and the place from which the remedy must be obtained.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	remedy	remedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  | the place *obl* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **set** |  | the condition |  |  |  |  | upon the release of the transformed men | tree rules |
| 3 | **transform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **obtain** | must · passive |  | the remedy |  | the place |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from which=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Anointing with milk from the island of Big Women

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = Anointing with milk from the island of Big Women
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anoint** | gerund |  |  |  | the island of Big Women |  | with milk | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with milk=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women, which the witch herself must bless

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women, which the witch herself must bless
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	csubj:pass	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	nsubj	_	_
16	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anoint** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with water | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | participle | Anointing |  |  | the island of Big Women and the witch |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source |
| 3 | **witch** |  | the island of Big Women and the witch |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **bless** | must | herself *= she* | the witch *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = Anointing with water fetched from the island of Big Women
1	Anointing	anoint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	csubj:pass	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anoint** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with water | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with water=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | participle | Anointing |  |  | the island of Big Women |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bathing the stones in water fetched from the far sea island where the Big Women dwell

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1142-pg3027-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = Bathing the stones in water fetched from the far sea island where the Big Women dwell
1	Bathing	bath	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	dwell	dwell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bath** | gerund |  | the stones |  | water |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | participle | Bathing |  |  | the far sea island |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from island=Source |
| 3 | **dwell** | present | the Big Women |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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