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title: nah, what did Jofuku hand Sentaro to ride? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did… · tree and pragmatics
description: nah, what did Jofuku hand Sentaro to ride? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

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nah, what did Jofuku hand Sentaro to ride?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jofuku · **What happens:** hand, ride · **To what, where:** Sentaro

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» 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/1354-pg4018-part14/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t10:1
# text = nah, what did Jofuku hand Sentaro to ride?
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Jofuku	Jofuku	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past · do-support | Jofuku | Sentaro |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | Jofuku *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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A flying carpet woven from silk threads by the Emperor's court weavers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t10:o1:1
# text = A flying carpet woven from silk threads by the Emperor's court weavers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	threads	thread	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	weavers	weaver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  | a flying carpet *not said here* |  | silk threads |  | by the Emperor's court weavers | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from thread=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A small wooden horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t10:o2:1
# text = A small wooden horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A huge eagle made of bronze that could carry three men over the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t10:o3:1
# text = A huge eagle made of bronze that could carry three men over the sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a huge eagle *not said here* |  |  |  | of bronze | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **carry** | could | a huge eagle | three men |  | the sea |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tiny paper crane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t10:o4:1
# text = A tiny paper crane
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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