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description: What condition did the King impose upon the youth before he could claim the Princess as his bride? Exam question 3 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58…

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What condition did the King impose upon the youth before he could claim the Princess as his bride?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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/1561-pg540-part58/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e3:1
# text = What condition did the King impose upon the youth before he could claim the Princess as his bride?
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=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	claim	claim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | present | what condition |  |  |  |  | upon the youth | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | could | condition | the Princess |  |  |  | as condition's bride | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the surrender of a silver sword and a gold ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e3:o1:1
# text = the surrender of a silver sword and a gold ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	surrender	surrender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** |  |  | a silver sword and a gold ring |  |  |  |  | nom surrender «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e3:o2:1
# text = the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | a bridal horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own, shod with iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e3:o3:1
# text = the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own, shod with iron
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	shod	shoe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoe** | participle |  | the provision of a bridal horse *not said here* |  |  |  | with iron | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with iron=Theme |
| 2 | **provide** |  | a bridal horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own and twelve barrels of rye

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e3:o4:1
# text = the provision of a bridal horse equal to his own and twelve barrels of rye
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	rye	rye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | a bridal horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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