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title: Which condition must be fulfilled for the black girl to be released… — Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition must be fulfilled for the black girl to be released from her enchantment? Exam question 4 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

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Which condition must be fulfilled for the black girl to be released from her enchantment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** fulfil, release, enchant · **To what, where:** condition, enchantment

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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/1709-pg640-part33/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:e4:1
# text = Which condition must be fulfilled for the black girl to be released from her enchantment?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fulfil** | must · passive |  | which condition |  |  |  | for the black girl | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | girl's enchantment |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING» |
| 3 | **enchant** |  | girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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A youth must defeat the Fairy in a contest, then carry the black girl across the river to the other side of the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:e4:o1:1
# text = A youth must defeat the Fairy in a contest, then carry the black girl across the river to the other side of the wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	defeat	defeat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	across	across	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defeat** | must | a youth | the Fairy |  | a contest |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | infinitive | a youth *not said here* | the black girl |  | the river | then | to the other side of the wood | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Theme to side=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A young man must lift her over the stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:e4:o2:1
# text = A young man must lift her over the stream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | must | a young man | her *= she* |  | the stream |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme over stream=Destination |

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

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A youth must carry her across the river to the other side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:e4:o3:1
# text = A youth must carry her across the river to the other side
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | must | a youth | her *= she* |  | the river |  | to the other side | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to side=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A youth must carry her across the wide river to the far bank without ever once setting her down

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1709-pg640-part33:e4:o4:1
# text = A youth must carry her across the wide river to the far bank without ever once setting her down
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	advmod	_	_
17	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	down	down	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | must | a youth | her *= she* |  | the wide river |  | to the far bank | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bank=Destination |
| 2 | **set down** | gerund | a youth *not said here* | youth |  |  |  | once *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient she=Result |

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