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title: With reference to the passage, what condition did the lady of the se… — Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a b… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what condition did the lady of the sea attach to her proposal of marriage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1305 «Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances with a sea lady and forgets his mother on the shore» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances wi…

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With reference to the passage, what condition did the lady of the sea attach to her proposal of marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passage, marriage · **What happens:** lady, attach, propose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1305 «Irish Fairy Tales, Maurice Connor: a blind piper dances with a sea lady and forgets his mother on the shore» 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/1305-pg3454-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what condition did the lady of the sea attach to her proposal of marriage?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	attach	attach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lady** | past · do-support | the passage and the lady |  |  |  |  | of the sea | tree rules |
| 2 | **attach** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage and the lady; to condition's proposal of marriage | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with reference=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **propose** |  | marriage |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Maurice should become king of the fishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = Maurice should become king of the fishes
1	Maurice	maurice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | should | Maurice | king of the fishes |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must go down beneath the waves and never return to land again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = He must go down beneath the waves and never return to land again
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	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | must | He |  |  | the waves |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath wave=Location |
| 2 | **not** **return** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **land** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He must renounce his mother and his home village forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = He must renounce his mother and his home village forever
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	renounce	renounce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **renounce** | must | He | his mother and his home village |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He must send her a yearly gift of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1305-pg3454-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = He must send her a yearly gift of gold
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	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	yearly	yearly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | must | He | a yearly gift of gold | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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