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title: Upon what condition did the spinner require the maiden's silence reg… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did the spinner require the maiden's silence regarding the yarn? Exam question 2 of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

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Upon what condition did the spinner require the maiden's silence regarding the yarn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, maiden · **What happens:** do, require, regard, silence · **To what, where:** spinner, silence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» 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/262-pg14241-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e2:1
# text = Upon what condition did the spinner require the maiden's silence regarding the yarn?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
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	6	det	_	_
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	yarn	yarn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the spinner |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spinner=Eventuality |
| 2 | **require** | present |  | the maiden's silence |  |  |  | regard the yarn | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme silence=Precondition |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **silence** |  | the maiden |  |  |  |  | regard the yarn | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent regard=obl |

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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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That she tell the laird everything about the cave and the wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = That she tell the laird everything about the cave and the wheel
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	laird	laird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | That | everything |  |  |  | about the cave and the wheel | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient about cave=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That she say nothing of the spinner's wicked kin and their wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = That she say nothing of the spinner's wicked kin and their wheel
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spinner	spinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kin	kin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | That | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That she disclose not the spinner's identity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = That she disclose not the spinner's identity
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **disclose** | infinitive | That | the spinner's identity |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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That she tell no one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = That she tell no one
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | That | no one |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient |

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