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title: Which condition was stated for the lifting of the enchantment? — Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition was stated for the lifting of the enchantment? Exam question 2 of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…

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Which condition was stated for the lifting of the enchantment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** state · **To what, where:** condition

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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/1623-pg5615-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e2:1
# text = Which condition was stated for the lifting of the enchantment?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lifting	lifting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | which condition |  |  |  | for the lifting of the enchantment | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=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}

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Keeping the lamp lit all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = Keeping the lamp lit all night
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	lit	light	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme |
| 2 | **light** | past | Keeping |  |  |  | night |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Speaking only when spoken to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = Speaking only when spoken to
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Remaining silent and motionless until daybreak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = Remaining silent and motionless until daybreak
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	motionless	motionless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	daybreak	daybreak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  |  | until daybreak | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Remaining silent and motionless in the church until the first light of daybreak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1623-pg5615-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = Remaining silent and motionless in the church until the first light of daybreak
1	Remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	motionless	motionless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	daybreak	daybreak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund |  |  |  | the church | until the first light of daybreak | silent *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in church=Location |
| 2 | **light** |  |  | daybreak |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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