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title: What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquish… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquishing his claim upon the King's daughter? Exam question 3 of lesson 1700 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water race, the sleeping runner, and the King's iron room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water…

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What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquishing his claim upon the King's daughter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sum, master · **What happens:** propose, accept, relinquish, claim · **To what, where:** exchange, claim

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1700 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Six Servants, part 24: the water race, the sleeping runner, and the King's iron room» 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/1700-pg640-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1700-pg640-part24:e3:1
# text = What sum did the master propose to accept in exchange for relinquishing his claim upon the King's daughter?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	relinquishing	relinquish	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | what sum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **accept** | to-infinitive | what sum *not said here* |  |  | exchange |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **relinquish** | gerund | what sum *not said here* | master's claim |  |  |  | upon the King's daughter | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
| 4 | **claim** |  | master |  |  |  |  |  | nom claim «communication 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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As much gold as his servant can carry on his back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1700-pg640-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = As much gold as his servant can carry on his back
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | can | much gold as his servant |  |  | his back |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Whatever the strong man wants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1700-pg640-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = Whatever the strong man wants
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the strong man | Whatever |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everything the King owns in the palace treasury and hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1700-pg640-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = Everything the King owns in the palace treasury and hall
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	treasury	treasury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | Everything |  |  | the palace treasury and hall |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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As much as his servant can carry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1700-pg640-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = As much as his servant can carry
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | can | his servant |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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