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title: The Bible has fairness puzzles too: Solomon found the real mother of… — Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Bible has fairness puzzles too: Solomon found the real mother of a baby by watching who loved the child more than winning (1 Kings 3), Zacchaeus paid back four times what he had cheated (Luke 19:8), and the vineyard owner paid late workers the same as early ones (Matthew 20). Who acts: Bible, So
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# Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★, sentence 3

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The Bible has fairness puzzles too: Solomon found the real mother of a baby by watching who loved the child more than winning (1 Kings 3), Zacchaeus paid back four times what he had cheated (Luke 19:8), and the vineyard owner paid late workers the same as early ones (Matthew 20).

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**Who acts:** Bible, Solomon, Zacchaeus, vineyard owner · **What happens:** have, find, watch, love, win, pay back · **To what, where:** fairness puzzles, real mother, child, 1 Kings, four times, late workers

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This is a sentence of the lesson «Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and dilemmas ★★★» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bible, Solomon, Zacchaeus, vineyard owner), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = school:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas.lesson:3
# text = The Bible has fairness puzzles too: Solomon found the real mother of a baby by watching who loved the child more than winning (1 Kings 3), Zacchaeus paid back four times what he had cheated (Luke 19:8), and the vineyard owner paid late workers the same as early ones (Matthew 20).
# source = school lesson (ours)
# course = religion-ethics
# lesson = 103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas.lesson
# annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=3:conj
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:obj
22	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	19	advmod	_	_
23	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	winning	win	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	advcl	_	_
25	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	_
26	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
27	Kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
28	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	conj	_	_
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	28	punct	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=17:punct
31	Zacchaeus	Zacchaeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
32	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
33	back	back	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	nummod	_	_
35	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl:unmarked	_	_
36	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	39	obj	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	35	acl:relcl	_	_
40	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	41	punct	_	_
41	Luke	Luke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	parataxis	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=39:parataxis
42	19:8	19:8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	41	flat	_	_
43	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	41	punct	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	vineyard	vineyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
50	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	obj	_	Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=51:amod
54	as	as	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
57	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	58	punct	_	_
58	Matthew	Matthew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	appos	_	_
59	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	58	flat	_	_
60	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	58	punct	_	_
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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No stored speech act for this sentence.

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Bible | fairness puzzles |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puzzle=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | past | Solomon | the real mother of a baby |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Topic |
| 3 | **watch** | gerund | Solomon *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **love** | past |  | the child |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
| 5 | **win** | gerund |  | 1 Kings |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality |
| 6 | **pay back** | past | Zacchaeus |  |  |  | time |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **cheat** | past · perfect | Zacchaeus | four times |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Source |
| 8 | **pay** | past | the vineyard owner | late workers |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient same=Asset |

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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.

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**The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×3, R6-punct-agree ×1, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence.

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