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title: State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick. — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Begg… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick. Exam question 2 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, O'Donnell · **What happens:** state, pay · **To what, where:** sum

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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/2006-pg7885-part25/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e2:1
# text = State the sum that O'Donnell paid to the juggler for the first trick.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	juggler	juggler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | past | O'Donnell | the sum |  |  |  | to the juggler; for the first trick | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Asset for trick=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five pieces of silver, as was agreed, and a cloak and a horse from the king's stable

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e2:o1:1
# text = Five pieces of silver, as was agreed, and a cloak and a horse from the king's stable
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | Five pieces of silver *not said here* | a cloak from the king's stable and a horse |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five pieces of silver, as was agreed before the whole hall at the first trick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e2:o2:1
# text = Five pieces of silver, as was agreed before the whole hall at the first trick
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive |  | Five pieces of silver *not said here* |  |  | before the whole hall at the first trick |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five pieces of gold, as was promised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e2:o3:1
# text = Five pieces of gold, as was promised
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · passive |  | Five pieces of gold *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S» |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five pieces of silver, as was agreed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e2:o4:1
# text = Five pieces of silver, as was agreed
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive |  | Five pieces of silver *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V» |

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