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title: Upon what terms did the King transfer the government of the realm to… — Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what terms did the King transfer the government of the realm to Hermod? Exam question 3 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

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Upon what terms did the King transfer the government of the realm to Hermod?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** terms, King · **What happens:** do, transfer · **To what, where:** government

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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/1746-pg640-part70/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e3:1
# text = Upon what terms did the King transfer the government of the realm to Hermod?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	transfer	transfer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | terms |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **transfer** | present | the King | the government of the realm to Hermod |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent government=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e3:o1:1
# text = Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** |  |  | Hermod to Hadvor |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor and his oath to guard the realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e3:o2:1
# text = Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor and his oath to guard the realm
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | to-infinitive |  | the realm |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent realm=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **marry** |  |  | Hermod to Hadvor |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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On condition of a feast held yearly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e3:o3:1
# text = On condition of a feast held yearly
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	yearly	yearly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | a feast *not said here* |  |  |  | yearly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | a feast |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor, provided he rid the hall of all monsters forever

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e3:o4:1
# text = Upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor, provided he rid the hall of all monsters forever
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rid	rid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon the marriage of Hermod to Hadvor | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 2 | **rid** | past | Hadvor | the hall of all monsters |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Source |
| 3 | **marry** |  |  | Hermod to Hadvor |  |  |  |  | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient |

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