--- title: Upon what condition did the Queen consent to surrender the emeralds? — Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fi… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what condition did the Queen consent to surrender the emeralds? Exam question 3 of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1869-pg7277-part6/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1869-pg7277-part6/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is… Upon what condition did the Queen consent to surrender the emeralds? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, surrender · **To what, where:** Queen consent, emeralds This is exam question 3 of lesson 1869 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 6: Fiordelisa climbs, is carried by doves, and sells the bracelets» 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/1869-pg7277-part6/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e3:1 # text = Upon what condition did the Queen consent to surrender the emeralds? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 surrender surrender VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 emeralds emerald NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | condition | the Queen consent | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality | | 2 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | condition *not said here* | the emeralds | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent emerald=Theme | 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 {#o1} lodging one whole night in the Chamber of Echoes below the bed-chamber ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e3:o1:1 # text = lodging one whole night in the Chamber of Echoes below the bed-chamber 1 lodging lodge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 below below ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lodge** | gerund | | | | the Chamber of Echoes below the bed chamber | night | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} sharing the royal bed for one whole week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e3:o2:1 # text = sharing the royal bed for one whole week 1 sharing share VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | gerund | | the royal bed | | | week | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} lodging one night in the Chamber of Echoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e3:o3:1 # text = lodging one night in the Chamber of Echoes 1 lodging lodge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Echoes echo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lodge** | gerund | | | | the Chamber of Echoes | night | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chamber=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} spending a night with the King's guards ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1869-pg7277-part6:e3:o4:1 # text = spending a night with the King's guards 1 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | gerund | | | | | night | with the King's guards | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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