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title: What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist'… — Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist's assistance? Exam question 3 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays d…

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What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist's assistance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, equine companion, protagonist · **What happens:** do, impose, assist

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» 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/1186-pg3027-part52/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e3:1
# text = What condition did the equine companion impose upon the protagonist's assistance?
1	What	what	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	6	det	_	_
5	equine	equine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the equine companion |  |  |  |  | upon the protagonist's assistance | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **assist** |  | the protagonist |  |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never to ask for any payment in return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e3:o1:1
# text = Never to ask for any payment in return
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for any payment in return | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others and of repaying every kindness he received

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e3:o2:1
# text = Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others and of repaying every kindness he received
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	neglect	neglect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	aiding	aid	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	repaying	repay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **neglect** | to-infinitive |  | a opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme |
| 2 | **aid** | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **repay** | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | every kindness |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient |
| 4 | **receive** | past | he | every kindness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme |

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

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Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e3:o3:1
# text = Never to neglect an opportunity of aiding others
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	neglect	neglect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	opportunity	opportunity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	aiding	aid	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **neglect** | to-infinitive |  | a opportunity |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=Theme |
| 2 | **aid** | gerund | a opportunity *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To never abandon the boy on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e3:o4:1
# text = To never abandon the boy on the road
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **abandon** | to-infinitive |  | the boy |  | the road |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme boy=Source |

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