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title: Which condition did the man in the red tunic impose before providing… — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition did the man in the red tunic impose before providing the sword? Exam question 2 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 2 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manu…

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Which condition did the man in the red tunic impose before providing the sword?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, impose, provide · **To what, where:** man, red tunic, sword

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1159 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of Manus, part 25: Manus is cheated of his share and is offered a sword» 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/1159-pg3027-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e2:1
# text = Which condition did the man in the red tunic impose before providing the sword?
1	Which	which	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	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tunic	tunic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
10	impose	impose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	providing	provide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	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 | which condition | the man |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
| 2 | **impose** | infinitive |  |  |  | the red tunic |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **provide** | gerund |  | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sword=Theme |

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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 Manus should accept him as his armourer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = That Manus should accept him as his armourer
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	armourer	armourer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | should | that Manus | him *= he* |  |  |  | as Manus's armourer | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as armourer=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That Manus should accept him as his armourer and serve him for a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = That Manus should accept him as his armourer and serve him for a year
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	armourer	armourer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | should | that Manus | him *= he* |  |  |  | as Manus's armourer | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as armourer=Attribute |
| 2 | **serve** | infinitive | that Manus *not said here* | Manus |  |  | year |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Manus should take him as his smith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = That Manus should take him as his smith
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	smith	smith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | should | that Manus | him *= he* |  |  |  | as Manus's smith | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as smith=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That Manus should swear him as a servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1159-pg3027-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = That Manus should swear him as a servant
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Manus	manus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | should | that Manus | him *= he* |  |  |  | as a servant | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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