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title: State the price which the rich brother proposed in exchange for the… — Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the price which the rich brother proposed in exchange for the ram and the sack. Exam question 4 of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins…

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State the price which the rich brother proposed in exchange for the ram and the sack.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** price · **What happens:** brother, propose · **To what, where:** rich brother, exchange

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1100 «Grimm's Tales, The Wind's Gift, part 6: the poor man wins back his sack and ram, and his rich brother buys them» 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/1100-pg29672-part6/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:e4:1
# text = State the price which the rich brother proposed in exchange for the ram and the sack.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brother** |  | the price and the rich brother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **propose** | participle |  | the rich brother *not said here* |  | exchange for the ram and the sack |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Six yoke of oxen, a plough, and corn, with his cart thrown in

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = Six yoke of oxen, a plough, and corn, with his cart thrown in
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yoke	yoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | yoke's cart *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six yoke of oxen, a plough, and corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = Six yoke of oxen, a plough, and corn
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yoke	yoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four yoke of oxen, a cart, and rye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = Four yoke of oxen, a cart, and rye
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yoke	yoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rye	rye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five yoke of oxen and some barley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1100-pg29672-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = Five yoke of oxen and some barley
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	yoke	yoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	barley	barley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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