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title: State the precise payment that Mananna'n demanded in return for deli… — Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the precise payment that Mananna'n demanded in return for delivering the king from the venomous sheep. Exam question 3 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» of the books course
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# Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

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State the precise payment that Mananna'n demanded in return for delivering the king from the venomous sheep.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mananna'n · **What happens:** demand, deliver · **To what, where:** precise payment, return, king

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e3:1
# text = State the precise payment that Mananna'n demanded in return for delivering the king from the venomous sheep.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
6	Mananna'n	Mananna'n	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	delivering	deliver	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	venomous	venomous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | Mananna'n | the precise payment |  | return |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Precondition |
| 2 | **deliver** | gerund | Mananna'n *not said here* | the king |  |  |  | from the venomous sheep | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent king=Theme from sheep=Initial\_Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rights of the crown for one day, plus all the king's cows and horses

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e3:o1:1
# text = The rights of the crown for one day, plus all the king's cows and horses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	plus	plus	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Half the gold of the whole kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e3:o2:1
# text = Half the gold of the whole kingdom
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rights of the crown for one day and his own sandals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e3:o3:1
# text = The rights of the crown for one day and his own sandals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sandals	sandal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rights of the crown for one day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e3:o4:1
# text = The rights of the crown for one day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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