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title: So, what kept the Emperor busy after he left? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlig… · tree and pragmatics
description: So, what kept the Emperor busy after he left? Test 9 · ★ 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 of
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the sui…

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So, what kept the Emperor busy after he left?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** keep, leave · **To what, where:** Emperor

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t9:1
# text = So, what kept the Emperor busy after he left?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	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	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past |  | the Emperor |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Composing verses for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = Composing verses for her
1	Composing	compose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	verses	verse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | gerund |  | verses |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent verse=Result for she=Beneficiary |

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

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Writing poems to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = Writing poems to her
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | poems | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent poem=Topic to she=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sitting in the palace garden, writing letters and poems to his court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = Sitting in the palace garden, writing letters and poems to his court
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the palace garden |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location |
| 2 | **write** | gerund |  | letters and poems | his court |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to court=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sending letters to friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1358-pg4018-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = Sending letters to friends
1	Sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | letters | friends |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to friend=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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