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title: What condition did the King impose upon all guests attending the wed… — Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the King impose upon all guests attending the wedding? Exam question 2 of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets…

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What condition did the King impose upon all guests attending the wedding?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, King, guests · **What happens:** do, impose, attend · **To what, where:** wedding

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 437 «Russian Folk-Tales, Vasilissa the Wise: the Prince forgets his bride, then the doves remind 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/437-pg22373-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:e2:1
# text = What condition did the King impose upon all guests attending the wedding?
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	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	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 | **do** | past | what condition |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the King |  |  |  |  | upon all guests | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **attend** | gerund | all guests *not said here* | the wedding |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wedding=Goal |

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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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Each guest was to bring a wheaten pie and a gold coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = Each guest was to bring a wheaten pie and a gold coin
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wheaten	wheaten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | each guest |  |  |  |  | bring *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Each guest must bring some bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = Each guest must bring some bread
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | must | each guest | some bread |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

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

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Each guest was to bring a wheaten pie

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = Each guest was to bring a wheaten pie
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wheaten	wheaten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pie	pie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | each guest |  |  |  |  | bring *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every guest was to wear a crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:437-pg22373-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = Every guest was to wear a crown
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | every guest |  |  |  |  | wear *property* | tree rules |

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