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title: What was the condition under which the old king surrendered his scep… — Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition under which the old king surrendered his sceptre to Jack? Exam question 2 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the condition under which the old king surrendered his sceptre to Jack?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, old king · **What happens:** be, surrender · **To what, where:** sceptre, Jack, condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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/1168-pg3027-part34/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e2:1
# text = What was the condition under which the old king surrendered his sceptre to Jack?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **surrender** | past | the old king | king's sceptre | Jack | the condition |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme to jack=Recipient |

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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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the open acknowledgement before all the court that Jack's magic was greater than his own

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e2:o1:1
# text = the open acknowledgement before all the court that Jack's magic was greater than his own
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the open acknowledgement before all court |  |  |  |  | than Jack's own; great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the proof, shown before all the lords and guards, that Jack's magic was greater than his

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e2:o2:1
# text = the proof, shown before all the lords and guards, that Jack's magic was greater than his
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
18	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  | the proof *not said here* |  |  | before all lords and guards |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the proof |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the recognition that Jack's magic was greater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e2:o3:1
# text = the recognition that Jack's magic was greater
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recognition	recognition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **magic** |  | the recognition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the recognition |  |  |  |  | great *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the knowledge that Jack's cornet was stronger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1168-pg3027-part34:e2:o4:1
# text = the knowledge that Jack's cornet was stronger
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	cornet	cornet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cornet** |  | the knowledge |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the knowledge |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | tree rules |

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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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