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title: so Sentaro is like a millionaire but actually broke-ish, right? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did… · tree and pragmatics
description: so Sentaro is like a millionaire but actually broke-ish, right? Test 4 · ★ 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 pra
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# Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so Sentaro is like a millionaire but actually broke-ish, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sentaro · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t4:1
# text = so Sentaro is like a millionaire but actually broke-ish, right?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	millionaire	millionaire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ish	ish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sentaro |  |  |  |  | like a millionaire but broke ish | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he works as a clerk in the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t4:o1:1
# text = No, he works as a clerk in the city
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | he |  |  |  |  | as a clerk; in the city | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in city=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not that rich, just living off his dad's money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t4:o2:1
# text = Not that rich, just living off his dad's money
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live off** | gerund |  | his dad's money |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not really, he lost everything gambling and now lives in a small rented room near the market

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t4:o3:1
# text = Not really, he lost everything gambling and now lives in a small rented room near the market
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	compound	_	_
7	gambling	gambling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	rented	rent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	near	near	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | he | everything gambling |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gambling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **live** | present | he *not said here* |  |  | a small rented room near the market | now |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |
| 3 | **rent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is wealthy beyond measure, owning rice fields, silk mills, and the largest house in the capital city

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1354-pg4018-part14:t4:o4:1
# text = He is wealthy beyond measure, owning rice fields, silk mills, and the largest house in the capital city
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	owning	own	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	mills	mill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	amod	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | beyond measure; wealthy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | gerund | He *not said here* | rice fields and silk mills |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot field=Theme |

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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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