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title: What condition did the king impose upon Conall in exchange for the l… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the king impose upon Conall in exchange for the life of his youngest son? Exam question 3 of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft fro…

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What condition did the king impose upon Conall in exchange for the life of his youngest son?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1989 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Conall Yellowclaw, part 8: a theft from the king's stable, then a tale of cats» 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/1989-pg7885-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e3:1
# text = What condition did the king impose upon Conall in exchange for the life of his youngest son?
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	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · do-support | what condition |  |  | exchange |  | upon Conall; for the life of king's youngest son | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A recital of a tale of equal hardship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = A recital of a tale of equal hardship
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recital	recital	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	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hardship	hardship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** |  |  | a tale of equal hardship |  |  |  |  | nom recital «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **tell** |  | equal hardship |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A promise of a tale of equal woe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = A promise of a tale of equal woe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	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	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	woe	woe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** |  |  | a tale of equal woe |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **tell** |  | equal woe |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A telling of a tale of equal sorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = A telling of a tale of equal sorrow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	telling	telling	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	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** |  |  | a tale of equal sorrow |  |  |  |  | nom telling «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **tell** |  | equal sorrow |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A harder tale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1989-pg7885-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = A harder tale
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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