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title: What condition did the Carthaginian rulers impose upon the release o… — Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cin… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the Carthaginian rulers impose upon the release of Regulus? Exam question 2 of lesson 350 «Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman…

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What condition did the Carthaginian rulers impose upon the release of Regulus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, Carthaginian rulers · **What happens:** do, impose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 350 «Fifty Famous Stories, The Story of Cincinnatus: a plowman leaves his field to save Rome and then gives back his power» 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/350-pg18442-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e2:1
# text = What condition did the Carthaginian rulers impose upon the release of Regulus?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Carthaginian	Carthaginian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Regulus	Regulus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the Carthaginian rulers |  |  |  |  | upon the release of Regulus | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He must give Carthage all of Sicily and its harbors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = He must give Carthage all of Sicily and its harbors
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Carthage	Carthage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sicily	Sicily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	harbors	harbor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | must | He |  | all Sicily and its harbors |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent carthage=Recipient sicily=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must break his oath to the Roman Senate at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = He must break his oath to the Roman Senate at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	oath	oath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Roman	Roman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Senate	Senate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | must | He | his oath |  |  |  | to the Roman Senate *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent oath=Patient to senate=Result |

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

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He must return to prison if peace is refused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = He must return to prison if peace is refused
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | must | He |  |  |  |  | to prison *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to prison=Result |
| 2 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | peace |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He must surrender the whole army to Carthage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:350-pg18442-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = He must surrender the whole army to Carthage
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Carthage	Carthage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | must | He | the whole army | Carthage |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent army=Theme to carthage=Recipient |

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