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title: Upon what condition did the Master-maid consent to the Prince's depa… — Popular Tales from the Norse, The Mast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the Master-maid consent to the Prince's departure? Exam question 1 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: th…

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Upon what condition did the Master-maid consent to the Prince's departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, Prince · **What happens:** do, depart · **To what, where:** maid consent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1444 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid, part 31: the Prince forgets his promise, and three suitors are tricked» 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/1444-pg503-part31/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e1:1
# text = Upon what condition did the Master-maid consent to the Prince's departure?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the maid consent |  |  |  | to the Prince's departure | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** |  | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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That he should never return to the sea-shore until the spring came round again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e1:o1:1
# text = That he should never return to the sea-shore until the spring came round again
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	round	round	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **return** | should | he | That |  |  |  | to the sea shore *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to shore=Result |
| 2 | **come round** | past | the spring |  |  |  | again | round *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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That he should not taste anything offered to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e1:o2:1
# text = That he should not taste anything offered to him
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **taste** | should | That | anything |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme anything=Attribute |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he should taste nothing at the feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e1:o3:1
# text = That he should taste nothing at the feast
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **taste** | should | That | nothing |  | the feast |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at feast=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That he should not taste anything offered to him by any stranger on the road home

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1444-pg503-part31:e1:o4:1
# text = That he should not taste anything offered to him by any stranger on the road home
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	taste	taste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **taste** | should | That | anything |  | the road |  | home *property* | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme on road=Location |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | by any stranger | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal |

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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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