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title: What condition did the witch state must be fulfilled for the mermaid… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mer… · tree and pragmatics
description: What condition did the witch state must be fulfilled for the mermaid to obtain an immortal soul? Exam question 3 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the m…

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What condition did the witch state must be fulfilled for the mermaid to obtain an immortal soul?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, fulfil, obtain · **To what, where:** witch state, immortal soul

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 879 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 90: the mermaid sneaks off to the sea witch and pays a terrible price» 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/879-pg27200-part90/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e3:1
# text = What condition did the witch state must be fulfilled for the mermaid to obtain an immortal soul?
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	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	immortal	immortal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 | **fulfil** | must · passive |  | the witch state |  |  |  | for the mermaid | tree rules |
| 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  | a immortal soul |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soul=Theme |

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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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The prince must marry her and love her wholly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e3:o1:1
# text = The prince must marry her and love her wholly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	love	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | must | the prince | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **love** | past | the prince *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He must love her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e3:o2:1
# text = He must love her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | must | He | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The prince must wed her and cherish her forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e3:o3:1
# text = The prince must wed her and cherish her forever
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wed** | must | the prince | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **cherish** | infinitive | the prince *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The prince must take her as a bride soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:879-pg27200-part90:e3:o4:1
# text = The prince must take her as a bride soon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | must | the prince | her *= she* |  |  |  | as a bride; soon *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Theme as bride=Attribute |

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