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description: What condition did the maiden stipulate before she would consider the King's proposal of marriage? Exam question 2 of lesson 1837 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the King chases a white hind and is tricked into blinding his seven Queens» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the K…

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What condition did the maiden stipulate before she would consider the King's proposal of marriage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, marriage · **What happens:** stipulate, consider, propose · **To what, where:** proposal

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1837 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens, part 1: the King chases a white hind and is tricked into blinding his seven Queens» 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/1837-pg7128-part21/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1837-pg7128-part21:e2:1
# text = What condition did the maiden stipulate before she would consider the King's proposal of marriage?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stipulate	stipulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stipulate** | past · do-support | what condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **consider** | would | condition | the King's proposal of marriage |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent proposal=Attribute |
| 3 | **propose** |  | marriage |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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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That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens before any wedding could ever take place in the palace

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1837-pg7128-part21:e2:o1:1
# text = That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens before any wedding could ever take place 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	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | should | That | the eyes of his seven Queens |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | could | any wedding | place |  | the palace | ever |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Value in palace=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens and also the entire royal treasury of gold

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1837-pg7128-part21:e2:o2:1
# text = That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens and also the entire royal treasury of gold
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	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | should | That | the eyes of his seven Queens |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he should hand over his whole kingdom to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1837-pg7128-part21:e2:o3:1
# text = That he should hand over his whole kingdom to her
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	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand over** | should | That | his whole kingdom | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to she=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1837-pg7128-part21:e2:o4:1
# text = That he should surrender the eyes of his seven Queens
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	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	Queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | should | That | the eyes of his seven Queens |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

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