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title: What was the condition, pronounced by the king's son, under which th… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition, pronounced by the king's son, under which the enchantment cast by the witch might be dissolved? Exam question 3 of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daugh…

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What was the condition, pronounced by the king's son, under which the enchantment cast by the witch might be dissolved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, pronounce, cast, dissolve · **To what, where:** condition, enchantment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1615 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Sisters: the youngest daughter feeds the beasts and breaks the witch's spell» 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/1615-pg5615-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e3:1
# text = What was the condition, pronounced by the king's son, under which the enchantment cast by the witch might be dissolved?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
17	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	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 | **pronounce** | participle |  | the condition *not said here* |  |  |  | by the king's son | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cast** | participle |  | the enchantment *not said here* |  |  |  | by the witch | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by witch=Destination |
| 4 | **dissolve** | might · passive |  | the enchantment |  | the condition |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the arrival of a kind maiden who was gentle to every animal she met

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = the arrival of a kind maiden who was gentle to every animal she met
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	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	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a kind maiden |  |  |  |  | to every animal; gentle *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet** | past | animal | every animal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | a kind maiden |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts and birds in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts and birds in the wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	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	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | a maiden kind to beasts and birds |  |  | the wood |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the visit of a girl who loved beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = the visit of a girl who loved beasts
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the visit of a girl | beasts |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beast=Stimulus |
| 2 | **visit** |  |  | a girl |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1615-pg5615-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = the arrival of a maiden kind to beasts
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrival	arrival	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	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | a maiden kind to beasts |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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