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title: Explain the terms upon which the eldest brother of Jack was to be pa… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the wha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the terms upon which the eldest brother of Jack was to be paid if the master first expressed regret. Exam question 4 of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…

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Explain the terms upon which the eldest brother of Jack was to be paid if the master first expressed regret.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** explain, pay, express · **To what, where:** terms, eldest brother, master

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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/2013-pg7885-part32/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e4:1
# text = Explain the terms upon which the eldest brother of Jack was to be paid if the master first expressed regret.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
15	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	19	advmod	_	_
19	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
20	regret	regret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the terms |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** | past · passive | you *not said here* | the eldest brother of Jack |  |  |  | upon the terms | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 3 | **express** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | the master |  |  |  | first *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination regret=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Double wages were to be paid to the master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e4:o1:1
# text = Double wages were to be paid to the master
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Double wages |  |  |  | to the master | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Double wages were to be paid to the master, and the servant would receive nothing at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e4:o2:1
# text = Double wages were to be paid to the master, and the servant would receive nothing at all
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Double wages |  |  |  | to the master | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **receive** | would | the servant | nothing |  | all |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Double wages were to be paid to the master for each year of the whole contract term

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e4:o3:1
# text = Double wages were to be paid to the master for each year of the whole contract term
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | Double wages |  |  | year | to the master | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Double pay was given to the master then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e4:o4:1
# text = Double pay was given to the master then
1	Double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | Double pay | the master |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to master=Recipient |

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