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title: What was the nature of the bargain Martin struck with the peasant? — Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasan… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the bargain Martin struck with the peasant? Exam question 4 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's…

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What was the nature of the bargain Martin struck with the peasant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, strike

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1718 «Russian Fairy Tales, Martin the Peasant, part 42: Martin's mother goes to the King to woo his daughter» 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/1718-pg640-part42/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e4:1
# text = What was the nature of the bargain Martin struck with the peasant?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **strike** | past | the nature of the bargain |  |  |  |  | with the peasant | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with peasant=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 {#o1}

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a whole year of hard unpaid labour in exchange for the right to choose any single sack in the barn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e4:o1:1
# text = a whole year of hard unpaid labour in exchange for the right to choose any single sack in the barn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive |  | any single sack |  | the barn |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Theme |

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

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a year of unpaid service for a choice of sacks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e4:o2:1
# text = a year of unpaid service for a choice of sacks
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a year of work for some coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e4:o3:1
# text = a year of work for some coins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a full year of labour for a purse of silver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1718-pg640-part42:e4:o4:1
# text = a full year of labour for a purse of silver
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

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