--- title: Real talk, why didn't the old man punish his wife? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, why didn't the old man punish his wife? Test 10 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1343-pg4018-part3/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1343-pg4018-part3/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the… Real talk, why didn't the old man punish his wife? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** not punish · **To what, where:** wife This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t10:1 # text = Real talk, why didn't the old man punish his wife? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **punish** | past · do-support | the old man | man's wife | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Because the fairy told him he must never punish any person at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t10:o1:1 # text = Because the fairy told him he must never punish any person at all 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 punish punish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **punish** | must | fairy | any person | | all | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He felt pity for the cruel wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t10:o2:1 # text = He felt pity for the cruel wife 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | He | pity | | | | for the cruel wife | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pity=Location for wife=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was too kind-hearted to do it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t10:o3:1 # text = He was too kind-hearted to do it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | hearted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} He loved her too much to act ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t10:o4:1 # text = He loved her too much to act 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **act** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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