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title: What is the principal emotion the old man experiences upon discoveri… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal emotion the old man experiences upon discovering that the sparrow is alive and well? Exam question 4 of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

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What is the principal emotion the old man experiences upon discovering that the sparrow is alive and well?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man, sparrow · **What happens:** be, experience, discover · **To what, where:** principal emotion

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» 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/1343-pg4018-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e4:1
# text = What is the principal emotion the old man experiences upon discovering that the sparrow is alive and well?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal emotion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **experience** | present | the old man | the principal emotion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emotion=Stimulus |
| 3 | **discover** | gerund | the old man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | the sparrow |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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Pure relief mixed with deep sadness and regret about his cruel wife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = Pure relief mixed with deep sadness and regret about his cruel wife
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	regret	regret	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | Pure relief |  |  |  | with deep sadness | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with sadness=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **regret** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about his cruel wife | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Anger at the bird for hiding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = Anger at the bird for hiding
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Joy and rejoicing at finding her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = Joy and rejoicing at finding her
1	Joy	Joy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rejoicing	rejoice	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rejoice** | gerund | Joy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **find** | gerund | Joy *not said here* | Joy |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Overwhelming joy and happiness at finally finding the sparrow alive again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = Overwhelming joy and happiness at finally finding the sparrow alive again
1	Overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund | Overwhelming joy and happiness *not said here* | the sparrow |  |  | again | alive, finally *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparrow=Topic |

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