--- title: State the sum of the conditions under which the Fiend declared that… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran… · tree and pragmatics description: State the sum of the conditions under which the Fiend declared that the soldiers should be released from their bargain. Exam question 3 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1687-pg640-part11/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Gran…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1687-pg640-part11/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldier… State the sum of the conditions under which the Fiend declared that the soldiers should be released from their bargain. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Fiend, soldiers · **What happens:** state, declare, release, sum, bargain · **To what, where:** sum, conditions, soldiers, bargain · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 1687 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Dragon's Grandmother: the soldiers trick the Dragon with the answer to his riddle» 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/1687-pg640-part11/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e3:1 # text = State the sum of the conditions under which the Fiend declared that the soldiers should be released from their bargain. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fiend Fiend PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum of the conditions | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sum=Topic | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the Fiend | | | the conditions | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **release** | should · passive | | the soldiers | | soldiers's bargain | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 4 | **sum** | | | the conditions | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **bargain** | | soldiers *= soldier* | | | | | | nom bargain «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} If they could name what the Dragon would pay them for every answer and every dish set upon his table ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e3:o1:1 # text = If they could name what the Dragon would pay them for every answer and every dish set upon his table 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | could | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | would | the Dragon | them *= they* | | | | for every answer | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Recipient they=Asset for answer=Theme | | 3 | **set** | participle | every dish | | | Dragon's table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon table=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} If they could name the payment for the Dragon's whole feast ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e3:o2:1 # text = If they could name the payment for the Dragon's whole feast 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | could | they | the payment | | | | for the Dragon's whole feast | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} If they could name what they would receive for their roast meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e3:o3:1 # text = If they could name what they would receive for their roast meat 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 name name VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 roast roast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** | could | they | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | would | they | | | | | for their roast meat | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} If they could answer the riddle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1687-pg640-part11:e3:o4:1 # text = If they could answer the riddle 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | could | they | the riddle | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent riddle=Eventuality | **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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