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title: According to the narrator, which principle is most strongly emphasis… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: U… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrator, which principle is most strongly emphasised in the concluding moral? Exam question 4 of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the bo…

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According to the narrator, which principle is most strongly emphasised in the concluding moral?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, emphasise, conclude · **To what, where:** principle, concluding moral

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» 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/1347-pg4018-part7/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e4:1
# text = According to the narrator, which principle is most strongly emphasised in the concluding moral?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	emphasised	emphasise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	concluding	conclude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **emphasise** | present · passive |  | which principle |  | the concluding moral |  | accord the narrator; strongly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **conclude** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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Patience when waiting for loved ones.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e4:o1:1
# text = Patience when waiting for loved ones.
1	Patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | Patience |  |  |  |  | for loved ones | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **love** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Obedience to those wiser than oneself.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e4:o2:1
# text = Obedience to those wiser than oneself.
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Obedience to those wiser than oneself, even when the heart desires otherwise.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e4:o3:1
# text = Obedience to those wiser than oneself, even when the heart desires otherwise.
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	desires	desire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **desire** | present | the heart |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Obedience to those wiser than oneself, and a fear of opening forbidden things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e4:o4:1
# text = Obedience to those wiser than oneself, and a fear of opening forbidden things.
1	Obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	oneself	oneself	PRON	PRP	PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	opening	open	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund | a fear *not said here* | forbidden things |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thing=Theme |
| 2 | **forbid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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