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title: Ngl, was the old lady sorry after she chopped the tongue off? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, was the old lady sorry after she chopped the tongue off? Test 3 · ★ 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 a
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# Test 3 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

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Ngl, was the old lady sorry after she chopped the tongue off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be, chop off · **To what, where:** tongue

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t3:1
# text = Ngl, was the old lady sorry after she chopped the tongue off?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	chopped	chop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Ngl *vocative*; the old lady *obl:unmarked*; sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **chop off** | past | Ngl | the tongue |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, she felt bad about it later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, she felt bad about it later
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | she |  |  |  |  | about it; bad, late *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Not really, she just wanted food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t3:o2:1
# text = Not really, she just wanted food
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | past | she | food |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |

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

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Nah, she was still mad and didn't care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t3:o3:1
# text = Nah, she was still mad and didn't care
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  | still | mad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she was angry at the bird and kept on scolding everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:t3:o4:1
# text = No, she was angry at the bird and kept on scolding everyone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	scolding	scold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | at the bird; angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scold** | gerund | she *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

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