--- title: how'd he get them to give it up, mate? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics description: how'd he get them to give it up, mate? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1345-pg4018-part5/t6/) [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, Urashima Taro, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1345-pg4018-part5/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman… how'd he get them to give it up, mate? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, them · **What happens:** get, give up · **To what, where:** them, it This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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/1345-pg4018-part5/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t6:1 # text = how'd he get them to give it up, mate? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | he | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give up** | to-infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | it | | | | mate *vocative* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | 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} he gave them a load of coins on string and a proper speech ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t6:o1:1 # text = he gave them a load of coins on string and a proper speech 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | a load of coins on string and a proper speech | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient load=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} he showed them a pile of coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t6:o2:1 # text = he showed them a pile of coins 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | he | them *= they* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient pile=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he offered them coins on string ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t6:o3:1 # text = he offered them coins on string 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | he | coins | them *= they* | string | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal coin=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he offered them coins on string and a bit of a chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:t6:o4:1 # text = he offered them coins on string and a bit of a chat 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | he | coins | them *= they* | string and a bit of a chat | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal coin=Theme | **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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