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title: What condition did the Indian vendor stipulate as payment for the en… — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Encha… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the Indian vendor stipulate as payment for the enchanted horse? Exam question 2 of lesson 223 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63:…

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What condition did the Indian vendor stipulate as payment for the enchanted horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** stipulate, enchant

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 223 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Enchanted Horse, part 63: the prince tells his flight and dines with the princess» 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/223-pg128-part63/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:e2:1
# text = What condition did the Indian vendor stipulate as payment for the enchanted horse?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vendor	vendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stipulate	stipulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 |  |  |  |  | as payment for the enchanted horse | tree rules |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The hand of his sister in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:e2:o1:1
# text = The hand of his sister in marriage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Silver coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:e2:o2:1
# text = Silver coins
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hand of his sister in marriage and a royal dowry besides

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:e2:o3:1
# text = The hand of his sister in marriage and a royal dowry besides
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dowry	dowry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	besides	besides	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A great sum and a royal title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:223-pg128-part63:e2:o4:1
# text = A great sum and a royal title
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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