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description: Upon what condition did the serpent consent to restore the garment to the maiden? Exam question 1 of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a…

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Upon what condition did the serpent consent to restore the garment to the maiden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, restore · **To what, where:** serpent consent, garment, maiden

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 434 «Russian Tales, The Water Snake: a girl promises to marry a snake, and her mother kills him» 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/434-pg22373-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:e1:1
# text = Upon what condition did the serpent consent to restore the garment to the maiden?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the serpent consent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **restore** | to-infinitive | condition *not said here* | the garment | the maiden |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to maiden=Recipient |

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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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Upon her return home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = Upon her return home
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Upon her promise to fetch water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = Upon her promise to fetch water
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **promise** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Upon her agreeing to leave the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = Upon her agreeing to leave the village
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	agreeing	agree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the village |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Upon her agreement to become his wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:434-pg22373-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = Upon her agreement to become his wife
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | to-infinitive | her agreement | agreement's wife |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **agree** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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