---
title: State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assist… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assistant head cook, as set forth in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1791-pg641-part42/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1791-pg641-part42/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assistant head cook, as set forth in the narrative.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grand duke · **What happens:** engage, set · **To what, where:** Jem, State terms, narrative

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e3:1
# text = State the terms under which the grand duke engaged Jem as his assistant head cook, as set forth in the narrative.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	duke	duke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
13	assistant	assistant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
19	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | past | the grand duke | Jem |  | the State terms |  | as duke's assistant head cook | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent jem=Theme as cook=Attribute |
| 2 | **set** | participle | the grand duke *not said here* |  |  | the narrative |  | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jem got fifty ducats yearly, a new coat, and trousers, and was to prepare the luncheon

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e3:o1:1
# text = Jem got fifty ducats yearly, a new coat, and trousers, and was to prepare the luncheon
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	yearly	yearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Jem | fifty ducats |  |  |  | a new coat *obl*; trousers *obl*; yearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ducat=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | prepare *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jem was to receive a hundred ducats a year, two coats, and two pairs of trousers, and to cook dinner

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e3:o2:1
# text = Jem was to receive a hundred ducats a year, two coats, and two pairs of trousers, and to cook dinner
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	receive	receive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
23	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Jem |  |  |  |  | two pairs of trousers *obl*; receive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | Jem *not said here* | dinner |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jem was paid fifty ducats a year and cooked the luncheon.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e3:o3:1
# text = Jem was paid fifty ducats a year and cooked the luncheon.
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	cooked	cook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Jem |  |  | year |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient ducat=Asset |
| 2 | **cook** | past |  | the luncheon |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent luncheon=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jem was to receive fifty ducats a year, a new coat and two pairs of trousers, and to cook the luncheon

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e3:o4:1
# text = Jem was to receive fifty ducats a year, a new coat and two pairs of trousers, and to cook the luncheon
1	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	receive	receive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	ducats	ducat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Jem |  |  |  |  | receive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | Jem *not said here* | the luncheon |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent luncheon=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1791-pg641-part42/e2/)
- next →: [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1791-pg641-part42/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1791-pg641-part42/)