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title: What condition did the enchantress impose upon the husband in exchan… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the enchantress impose upon the husband in exchange for the rampion? Exam question 3 of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister save…

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What condition did the enchantress impose upon the husband in exchange for the rampion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** impose · **To what, where:** exchange

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 121 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Swans: the silent sister saves her brothers from the fire, and Rapunzel begins» 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/121-pg11027-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e3:1
# text = What condition did the enchantress impose upon the husband in exchange for the rampion?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enchantress	enchantress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rampion	rampion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · do-support | what condition |  |  | exchange for the rampion |  | upon the husband | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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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He must surrender the child his wife would bear, the very first one born

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = He must surrender the child his wife would bear, the very first one born
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | must | He | the child |  |  |  | the first one *obl* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | would | child's wife | the child *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 3 | **bear** | participle |  | the first one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must give up the gold from the royal vault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = He must give up the gold from the royal vault
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | must | He | the gold |  | the royal vault |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Source |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must surrender the child his wife would bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = He must surrender the child his wife would bear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | must | He | the child |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | would | child's wife |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He must give a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:121-pg11027-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = He must give a child
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | must | He |  | a child |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |

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