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title: What condition did the Prince of Greece impose upon his pardon of La… — Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the Prince of Greece impose upon his pardon of Laufer? Exam question 2 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 2 · Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer…

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What condition did the Prince of Greece impose upon his pardon of Laufer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition, Prince · **What happens:** do, impose, pardon · **To what, where:** Laufer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 699 «Lilac Fairy Book, Lineik: Lineik sews three robes, Laufer confesses, Blauvor is beheaded» 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/699-pg2435-part39/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e2:1
# text = What condition did the Prince of Greece impose upon his pardon of Laufer?
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	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	impose	impose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **impose** | present | the Prince of Greece |  |  |  |  | upon Prince's pardon of Laufer | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pardon** |  | Prince | Laufer |  |  |  |  | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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that Lineik consent to marry him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e2:o1:1
# text = that Lineik consent to marry him
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	Lineik	Lineik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Lineik consent | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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that she pay a fine in gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e2:o2:1
# text = that she pay a fine in gold
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | infinitive | she | a fine |  | gold |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fine=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that Laufer be sent away across the sea forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e2:o3:1
# text = that Laufer be sent away across the sea forever
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | infinitive · passive |  | that Laufer |  | the sea |  | away, forever *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that Laufer be beheaded in the market-place at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:699-pg2435-part39:e2:o4:1
# text = that Laufer be beheaded in the market-place at dawn
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Laufer	Laufer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **behead** | infinitive · passive |  | that Laufer |  | the market place at dawn |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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