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title: What condition did the lion set before he would give up the rose? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the lion set before he would give up the rose? Exam question 2 of lesson 768 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the brothers save the princess and share the reward» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the broth…

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What condition did the lion set before he would give up the rose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, give up · **To what, where:** lion set, rose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 768 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Four Skillful Brothers: the brothers save the princess and share the reward» 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/768-pg2591-part44/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e2:1
# text = What condition did the lion set before he would give up the rose?
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	6	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	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 | the lion set |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality |
| 2 | **give up** | would | condition | the rose |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Source |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Whatever first meets him at home when he returns from the long journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e2:o1:1
# text = Whatever first meets him at home when he returns from the long journey
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
3	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | Whatever | him *= he* |  | home |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **return** | present | he |  |  | the long journey |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from journey=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whatever greets him at his door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e2:o2:1
# text = Whatever greets him at his door
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	greets	greet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present | Whatever |  | him *= he* | his door |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whichever servant or beast first comes running out to greet him at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e2:o3:1
# text = Whichever servant or beast first comes running out to greet him at home
1	Whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	greet	greet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | whichever servant or beast |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **run out** | gerund | whichever servant or beast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | whichever servant or beast *not said here* |  | him *= he* | home |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Whatever first meets him at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:768-pg2591-part44:e2:o4:1
# text = Whatever first meets him at home
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
3	meets	meet	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present |  | Whatever |  | home |  | first *property* | tree rules |

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