--- title: State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in excha… — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in exchange for the return of her golden ball. Exam question 3 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the… State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in exchange for the return of her golden ball. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, golden ball · **What happens:** state, impose, return · **To what, where:** condition, exchange This is exam question 3 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e3:1 # text = State the condition which the princess imposed upon herself in exchange for the return of her golden ball. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 imposed impose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **impose** | participle · passive | | the condition | | exchange for the return of princess's golden ball | | upon princess | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **return** | | princess's golden ball | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} That she would let the frog stay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e3:o1:1 # text = That she would let the frog stay 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | would | That | the frog | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | infinitive | the frog *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} That she would share her golden crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e3:o2:1 # text = That she would share her golden crown 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | would | That | her golden crown | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **crown** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} To share her cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e3:o3:1 # text = To share her cake 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 share share VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | to-infinitive | | her cake | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} That she would keep the frog as her companion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e3:o4:1 # text = That she would keep the frog as her companion 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | would | That | the frog | | | | as frog's companion | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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