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title: What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding h… — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding her lands? Exam question 3 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

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What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding her lands?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, subjects · **What happens:** impose, regard · **To what, where:** lands

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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/1325-pg3454-part50/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e3:1
# text = What condition did the countess impose upon her subjects regarding her lands?
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	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	subjects	subject	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  | upon countess's subjects | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund | countess's subjects *not said here* | countess's lands |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That they must wed the countess herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e3:o1:1
# text = That they must wed the countess herself
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | must | That | the countess |  |  |  | herself *= she* *obl* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent countess=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That they choose either a husband or a lord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e3:o2:1
# text = That they choose either a husband or a lord
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | That | a husband or a lord |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That they choose either a husband or a lord from among the strangers at the gate

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e3:o3:1
# text = That they choose either a husband or a lord from among the strangers at the gate
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | That | a husband or a lord from the strangers |  | the gate |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent husband=Theme at gate=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That they choose either a husband or a lord and swear loyalty before the altar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e3:o4:1
# text = That they choose either a husband or a lord and swear loyalty before the altar
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc:preconj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	swear	swear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
12	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | That | a husband or a lord |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Theme |
| 2 | **swear** | infinitive | That *not said here* | loyalty |  |  | before the altar |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent loyalty=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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