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title: Upon what condition did Jegu agree to reward the brownie? — Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what condition did Jegu agree to reward the brownie? Exam question 3 of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 3 · Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the w…

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Upon what condition did Jegu agree to reward the brownie?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jegu · **What happens:** agree, reward · **To what, where:** brownie

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1336 «Breton Tales, Barbaik, part 61: the brownie does all the work and Barbaik agrees to marry Jegu» 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/1336-pg3454-part61/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e3:1
# text = Upon what condition did Jegu agree to reward the brownie?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Jegu	Jegu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reward	reward	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	brownie	brownie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · do-support | Jegu |  |  |  |  | upon condition | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **reward** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Jegu *not said here* |  | the brownie |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brownie=Recipient |

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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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that his soul be excepted from any reward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e3:o1:1
# text = that his soul be excepted from any reward
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	excepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | infinitive · passive |  | his soul |  | any reward |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from reward=Source |

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

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that his soul be excepted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e3:o2:1
# text = that his soul be excepted
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	excepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | infinitive · passive |  | his soul |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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that he keep his horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e3:o3:1
# text = that he keep his horses
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | infinitive | he | his horses |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that he pay with money but keep his soul

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1336-pg3454-part61:e3:o4:1
# text = that he pay with money but keep his soul
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | he |  |  |  |  | with money | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | he *not said here* | his soul |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

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