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title: What's the big lesson, then, like in one line? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: U… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the big lesson, then, like in one line? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the bo…

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What's the big lesson, then, like in one line?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big lesson

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» 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/1347-pg4018-part7/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:t9:1
# text = What's the big lesson, then, like in one line?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 big lesson |  |  |  |  | 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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Listen when wiser people warn you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:t9:o1:1
# text = Listen when wiser people warn you
1	Listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	warn	warn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | wiser people |  | you |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, and never trust a box that is shut

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:t9:o2:1
# text = Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, and never trust a box that is shut
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rebel	rebel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	trust	trust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | infinitive |  | a rebel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the wise ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **trust** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a box |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | a box |  |  |  |  | shut *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, or you'll end up old and dead

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:t9:o3:1
# text = Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, or you'll end up old and dead
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rebel	rebel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | infinitive | the wise ones *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | infinitive |  | a rebel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the wise ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **end up** | future | you |  |  |  |  | old *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:t9:o4:1
# text = Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rebel	rebel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | infinitive |  | a rebel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the wise ones |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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