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title: What was the condition under which the Count consented to grant Rene… — Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition under which the Count consented to grant Renelde his leave to marry? Exam question 4 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard ord…

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What was the condition under which the Count consented to grant Renelde his leave to marry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, Count · **What happens:** be, consent, grant, marry · **To what, where:** condition, leave, Renelde

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1568 «Fairy Book, The Nettle Spinner, part 1: Count Burchard orders Renelde to spin nettles into two shifts, and then falls ill» 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/1568-pg540-part65/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e4:1
# text = What was the condition under which the Count consented to grant Renelde his leave to marry?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	Renelde	Renelde	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **consent** | past | the Count |  |  | the condition |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **grant** | to-infinitive | the Count *not said here* | Count's leave | Renelde |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent renelde=Goal leave=Theme |
| 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the Count *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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 she weave a silk cloak by morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e4:o1:1
# text = that she weave a silk cloak by morning
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	weave	weave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | infinitive | she | a silk cloak |  |  | morning |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Product |

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

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that she spin nettles into two shifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e4:o2:1
# text = that she spin nettles into two shifts
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	nettles	nettle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	shifts	shift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | infinitive | she | nettles |  | two shifts |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent nettle=Theme into shift=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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that she spin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e4:o3:1
# text = that she spin
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | infinitive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that she marry Guilbert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1568-pg540-part65:e4:o4:1
# text = that she marry Guilbert
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Guilbert	Guilbert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | infinitive | she | Guilbert |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guilbert=Patient |

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