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title: What condition did the King attach to the gift of the ring? — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the King attach to the gift of the ring? Exam question 2 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

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What condition did the King attach to the gift of the ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, gift · **To what, where:** King attach, ring

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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/1718-pg640-part42/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e2:1
# text = What condition did the King attach to the gift of the ring?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	attach	attach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what condition | the King attach |  |  |  | to the gift of the ring | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attach=Eventuality |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | the ring |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=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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that he not wear it in public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e2:o1:1
# text = that he not wear it in public
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wear** | infinitive | he | it |  | public |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that Martin always wear it on his finger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e2:o2:1
# text = that Martin always wear it on his finger
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | Martin | it |  | Martin's finger |  | always *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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

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that Martin never disclose its magic nature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e2:o3:1
# text = that Martin never disclose its magic nature
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disclose** | present | Martin | its magic nature |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot nature=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that Martin never disclose its magic nature to anyone, including his mother and the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e2:o4:1
# text = that Martin never disclose its magic nature to anyone, including his mother and the court
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	including	including	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disclose** | present | Martin | its magic nature | anyone |  |  | including Martin's mother and the court | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nature=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

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