--- title: Upon what condition did the spirits surrender the contract after the… — Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what condition did the spirits surrender the contract after the third nut was cracked? Exam question 3 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le… Upon what condition did the spirits surrender the contract after the third nut was cracked? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, spirits · **What happens:** do, surrender, crack · **To what, where:** contract, third nut This is exam question 3 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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/1666-pg5615-part55/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e3:1 # text = Upon what condition did the spirits surrender the contract after the third nut was cracked? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 surrender surrender VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 cracked crack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | condition | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **surrender** | present | the spirits | the contract | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent contract=Theme | | 3 | **crack** | past · passive | | the third nut | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} Once she offered a golden coin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e3:o1:1 # text = Once she offered a golden coin 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | she | a golden coin | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Upon her payment of a golden ring to them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e3:o2:1 # text = Upon her payment of a golden ring to them 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | | her *= she* | a golden ring to them | | | | | nom payment «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Upon its delivery at the end of a branch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e3:o3:1 # text = Upon its delivery at the end of a branch 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 delivery delivery NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | | its *= it* | | | | at the end of a branch | | nom delivery «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Once the spirits received the sheep and lambs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e3:o4:1 # text = Once the spirits received the sheep and lambs 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the spirits | the sheep and lambs | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | **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. 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