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title: State the condition the King of the Snakes imposed before releasing… — Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hasse… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the condition the King of the Snakes imposed before releasing the protagonist. Exam question 2 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 2 · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in…

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State the condition the King of the Snakes imposed before releasing the protagonist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, impose, release, condition · **To what, where:** condition, Snakes, protagonist

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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/1796-pg641-part47/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e2:1
# text = State the condition the King of the Snakes imposed before releasing the protagonist.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	releasing	release	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition of the Snakes |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **impose** | participle |  | the Snakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **release** | gerund |  | the protagonist |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer protagonist=Source |
| 4 | **condition** |  |  | the Snakes |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state 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 never return to the palace or tell anyone about the snakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e2:o1:1
# text = That he never return to the palace or tell anyone about the snakes
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snakes	snake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **return** | infinitive | That |  |  |  |  | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | That *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  | about the snakes | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about snake=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he not sleep in the palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e2:o2:1
# text = That he not sleep in the palace
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
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	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sleep** | infinitive | That |  |  | the palace |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location |

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

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That he not bathe among crowds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e2:o3:1
# text = That he not bathe among crowds
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
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	bathe	bathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	crowds	crowd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bathe** | infinitive | That |  |  |  |  | among crowds | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That he give half his gold to the king before leaving the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e2:o4:1
# text = That he give half his gold to the king before leaving the hall
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gold	gold	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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | That | his gold | the king |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Theme to king=Recipient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | That *not said here* | the hall |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme |

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