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title: What condition does the red Rose-tree impose upon the Nightingale in… — The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition does the red Rose-tree impose upon the Nightingale in order to furnish the rose? Exam question 4 of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 4 · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the…

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What condition does the red Rose-tree impose upon the Nightingale in order to furnish the rose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, red Rose tree · **What happens:** do, impose, furnish · **To what, where:** rose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2033 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Nightingale and the Rose, part 1: the Swallow dies, the statue is melted, and the Student needs a red rose» 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/2033-pg902-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e4:1
# text = What condition does the red Rose-tree impose upon the Nightingale in order to furnish the rose?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	Rose	Rose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	fixed	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	furnish	furnish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what condition |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the red Rose tree |  |  |  |  | upon the Nightingale | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **furnish** | to-infinitive | the red Rose tree *not said here* | the rose |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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She must sing against a thorn until she dies of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = She must sing against a thorn until she dies of it
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | must | She |  |  | a thorn |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against thorn=Location |
| 2 | **die** | present | she |  |  |  |  | of thorn | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of it=Causer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She must sing all night by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = She must sing all night by the window
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | must | She |  |  |  | night | by the window | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by window=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She must sing against a sharp thorn all night until death comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = She must sing against a sharp thorn all night until death comes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | must | She |  |  | a sharp thorn | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against thorn=Location |
| 2 | **come** | present | death |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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She must sing against a thorn until death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2033-pg902-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = She must sing against a thorn until death
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | must | She |  |  | a thorn | until death |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against thorn=Location |

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