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title: Upon what terms did the dragon propose that Stan enter his service? — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what terms did the dragon propose that Stan enter his service? Exam question 3 of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants c…

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Upon what terms did the dragon propose that Stan enter his service?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dragon, Stan · **What happens:** propose, enter, service · **To what, where:** service

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» 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/1769-pg641-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:e3:1
# text = Upon what terms did the dragon propose that Stan enter his service?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	enter	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | the dragon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **enter** | past | Stan | Stan's service |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination |
| 3 | **service** |  | Stan |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day, with a horse, a bed and a pardon for every debt he owed the valley

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day, with a horse, a bed and a pardon for every debt he owed the valley
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pardon	pardon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	owed	owe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | past | a horse and a bed and a pardon for every debt | the valley |  |  | day |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent valley=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
For three days' work at a set daily wage in gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = For three days' work at a set daily wage in gold
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	set	set	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	daily	daily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	wage	wage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** |  | three days |  |  | a set daily wage in gold |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three days, paid seven sacks of gold each morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = Three days, paid seven sacks of gold each morning
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  | seven sacks of gold |  |  | day; morning |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Asset |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1769-pg641-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = Three days, at seven sacks of ducats per day
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	sacks	sack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	day	day	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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