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description: Upon what condition did Marusia consent to marry the young seigneur, and for what duration was it stipulated? Exam question 2 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden

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Upon what condition did Marusia consent to marry the young seigneur, and for what duration was it stipulated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marusia · **What happens:** consent, marry, stipulate · **To what, where:** young seigneur, duration

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 413 «Russian Folk-Tales, Marusia, the flower maiden» 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/413-pg22373-part5/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e2:1
# text = Upon what condition did Marusia consent to marry the young seigneur, and for what duration was it stipulated?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Marusia	Marusia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	consent	consent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	seigneur	seigneur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	conj	_	_
16	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consent** | past · do-support | Marusia |  |  |  |  | upon condition | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Marusia *not said here* | the young seigneur |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seigneur=Patient |
| 3 | **stipulate** | past · passive |  | duration |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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no church attendance for four years, with the guests sworn to silence on the matter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = no church attendance for four years, with the guests sworn to silence on the matter
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
11	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | participle |  | the guests *not said here* |  | the matter |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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no church attendance for four years, and he must never ask her about the Fiend

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = no church attendance for four years, and he must never ask her about the Fiend
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Fiend	fiend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | must | no church attendance for four years |  | her *= she* |  |  | about the Fiend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about fiend=Topic |

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

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no church attendance for four years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = no church attendance for four years
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a vow not to kneel for seven years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:413-pg22373-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = a vow not to kneel for seven years
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	kneel	kneel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **kneel** | to-infinitive | a vow |  |  |  | year |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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