--- title: What was the ultimate condition set by the king before the marriage? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the ultimate condition set by the king before the marriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1820-pg7128-part4/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1820-pg7128-part4/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins he… What was the ultimate condition set by the king before the marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, set · **To what, where:** ultimate condition This is exam question 3 of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» 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/1820-pg7128-part4/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e3:1 # text = What was the ultimate condition set by the king before the marriage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 ultimate ultimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the ultimate condition | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | participle | | the ultimate condition *not said here* | | | before the marriage | by the king | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by king=Destination | 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} the splitting of the tree-trunk with a wax hatchet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e3:o1:1 # text = the splitting of the tree-trunk with a wax hatchet 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | gerund | | | | | | of the tree trunk; with a wax hatchet | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of trunk=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the splitting of the tree-trunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e3:o2:1 # text = the splitting of the tree-trunk 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | gerund | | | | | | of the tree trunk | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of trunk=Co-Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the killing of the two demons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e3:o3:1 # text = the killing of the two demons 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 killing killing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 demons demon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | | | the two demons | | | | | nom killing «event transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} the splitting of the tree-trunk by the prince's own hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1820-pg7128-part4:e3:o4:1 # text = the splitting of the tree-trunk by the prince's own hands 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 trunk trunk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split** | gerund | | | | | | of the tree trunk; by the prince's own hands | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient of trunk=Co-Patient | **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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