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title: Which circumstance rendered the laird's wish to marry the maiden man… — Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which circumstance rendered the laird's wish to marry the maiden manifest? Exam question 3 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 tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

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Which circumstance rendered the laird's wish to marry the maiden manifest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstance, laird · **What happens:** render, marry, wish · **To what, where:** wish, maiden manifest

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e3:1
# text = Which circumstance rendered the laird's wish to marry the maiden manifest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rendered	render	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	laird	laird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	manifest	manifest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past | which circumstance | the laird's wish |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | which circumstance *not said here* | the maiden manifest |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manifest=Patient |
| 3 | **wish** |  | the laird |  |  |  |  |  | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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His love of her face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = His love of her face
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** |  | His *= he* | her face |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His wish for a cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = His wish for a cook
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | for a cook | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His wish for a bride from the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = His wish for a bride from the glen
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | for a bride from the glen | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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

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His desire for a skilled spinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:262-pg14241-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = His desire for a skilled spinner
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desire** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | for a skilled spinner | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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