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title: Upon which condition does the raven declare that her liberation depe… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon which condition does the raven declare that her liberation depends? Exam question 3 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…

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Upon which condition does the raven declare that her liberation depends?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** raven, liberation · **What happens:** declare, depend, liberate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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/771-pg2591-part47/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e3:1
# text = Upon which condition does the raven declare that her liberation depends?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	liberation	liberation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the raven |  |  |  |  | upon which condition | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **depend** | present | raven's liberation |  |  |  |  |  | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **liberate** |  | raven |  |  |  |  |  | nom liberation «act transitive»: poss=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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Upon the traveler staying up at dawn for three nights in a row

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e3:o1:1
# text = Upon the traveler staying up at dawn for three nights in a row
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | gerund | the traveler *not said here* |  |  | a row | dawn; night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in row=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon the traveler keeping watch at the set hour for three days together, without sleeping

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e3:o2:1
# text = Upon the traveler keeping watch at the set hour for three days together, without sleeping
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	traveler	traveler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund | the traveler *not said here* | watch |  |  | at the set hour; day | together *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | the traveler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon the stranger sleeping soundly at the proper time for many nights in a row

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e3:o3:1
# text = Upon the stranger sleeping soundly at the proper time for many nights in a row
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
5	soundly	soundly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund | the stranger *not said here* |  |  |  | time | soundly *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Upon the wayfarer remaining awake at the appointed hour on three successive days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:771-pg2591-part47:e3:o4:1
# text = Upon the wayfarer remaining awake at the appointed hour on three successive days
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wayfarer	wayfarer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	awake	awake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
12	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | gerund | the wayfarer *not said here* |  |  |  | day | awake *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **appoint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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