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title: Ngl, what did the Emperor do after she vanished? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlig… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did the Emperor do after she vanished? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1358 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the suitors fail, the Emperor comes, the Princess tells her secret» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the sui…

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Ngl, what did the Emperor do after she vanished?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** do, vanish · **To what, where:** Emperor

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1358 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the suitors fail, the Emperor comes, the Princess tells her secret» 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/1358-pg4018-part18/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t8:1
# text = Ngl, what did the Emperor do after she vanished?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | the Emperor |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vanish** | present · do-support | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Swore to release her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t8:o1:1
# text = Swore to release her
1	Swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wrote a formal decree to release her and ordered his servants to search for her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t8:o2:1
# text = Wrote a formal decree to release her and ordered his servants to search for her
1	Wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	decree	decree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past |  | a formal decree |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decree=Theme |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source |
| 3 | **order** | past |  | his servants |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **search** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | his servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for she=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Promised to let her go free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t8:o3:1
# text = Promised to let her go free
1	Promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ordered the palace guards to search the mountains for her for three days straight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t8:o4:1
# text = Ordered the palace guards to search the mountains for her for three days straight
1	Ordered	order	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	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
14	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **guard** | present | the palace |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **search** | to-infinitive | the palace *not said here* | the mountains |  |  | day | for palace; straight *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent mountain=Location for she=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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