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title: What condition did the herdsman impose regarding the scythes? — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the herdsman impose regarding the scythes? Exam question 2 of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsm…

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What condition did the herdsman impose regarding the scythes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** impose, regard

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 704 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Clever Youth and the Herdsman: he loses the king's golden ox, dodges the scythes, and wins a bride» 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/704-pg2435-part44/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e2:1
# text = What condition did the herdsman impose regarding the scythes?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	impose	impose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past · do-support | what condition |  |  |  |  | regard the scythes | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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that ten swords be forged for his men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e2:o1:1
# text = that ten swords be forged for his men
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | infinitive · passive |  | that |  |  |  | for his men | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for man=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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that ten scythes be made, one for each man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e2:o2:1
# text = that ten scythes be made, one for each man
1	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive · passive |  | ten scythes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that ten ploughs be made for the workers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e2:o3:1
# text = that ten ploughs be made for the workers
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	ploughs	plough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive · passive | the workers | ten ploughs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
that twenty scythes be forged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:704-pg2435-part44:e2:o4:1
# text = that twenty scythes be forged
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	scythes	scythe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | infinitive · passive |  | twenty scythes |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

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