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title: Did the shark actually get him in the end? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the shark actually get him in the end? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1355 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Perpetual Life, tires of it, and wakes from a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the shark actually get him in the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shark · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** shark, him, end

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1355 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Perpetual Life, tires of it, and wakes from a dream» 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/1355-pg4018-part15/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:t5:1
# text = Did the shark actually get him in the end?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the shark |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | the shark *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | in the end | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was all a dream, he woke up screaming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:t5:o1:1
# text = Nah, it was all a dream, he woke up screaming
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	screaming	scream	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | all dream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake up** | past | all dream |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | all dream *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it chased him up the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, it chased him up the beach.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase up** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was all a dream, so he woke up calm and went back to sleep, mate.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was all a dream, so he woke up calm and went back to sleep, mate.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | all dream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wake up** | past | he |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **go back** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to sleep and mate *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sleep=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it got him, but he survived and swam to shore.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1355-pg4018-part15:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, it got him, but he survived and swam to shore.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	survived	survive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | it | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 2 | **survive** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **swim** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | shore |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination |

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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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