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title: What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and… — Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and the tradesman Jimmu? Exam question 1 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and the tradesman Jimmu?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, conclude

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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/724-pg2435-part64/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e1:1
# text = What was the nature of the bargain concluded between the old man and the tradesman Jimmu?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	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	8	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	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tradesman	tradesman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **conclude** | past | the nature of the bargain |  |  |  |  | between the old man and the tradesman | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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 -->
a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse, arranged in front of the whole village

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e1:o1:1
# text = a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse, arranged in front of the whole village
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kettle	kettle	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	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | participle |  | a trade of the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse *not said here* |  | front of the whole village |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in front=Destination |
| 2 | **trade** |  |  | the kettle for a cart of rice and a horse |  |  |  |  | nom trade «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sale in which the old man gave the kettle to Jimmu for free, as a gift to a friend of the family

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e1:o2:1
# text = a sale in which the old man gave the kettle to Jimmu for free, as a gift to a friend of the family
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | a sale | the kettle | Jimmu |  |  | for free; as a gift to a friend of the family | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent kettle=Theme to jimmu=Recipient for free=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a loan repaid later with some interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e1:o3:1
# text = a loan repaid later with some interest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	repaid	repay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repay** | participle |  | a loan *not said here* |  |  |  | with some interest; late *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with interest=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sale at a price settled by bargaining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e1:o4:1
# text = a sale at a price settled by bargaining
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	settled	settle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bargaining	bargain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | participle |  | a sale at a price *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bargain** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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