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title: bro why'd the dad cry, for real? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why'd the dad cry, for real? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

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bro why'd the dad cry, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** cry

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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/1362-pg4018-part22/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t10:1
# text = bro why'd the dad cry, for real?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | would | the dad |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP 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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he realized he had been so wrong about her and felt guilty for doubting his poor daughter for so long

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t10:o1:1
# text = he realized he had been so wrong about her and felt guilty for doubting his poor daughter for so long
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	realized	realize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	doubting	doubt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **realize** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | about her *= she*; wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | guilty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **doubt** | gerund | he *not said here* | his poor daughter |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme |

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

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he felt bad about how lonely she was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t10:o2:1
# text = he felt bad about how lonely she was
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | lonely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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he remembered how his own wife had cried in the same room years ago and how useless he felt

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t10:o3:1
# text = he remembered how his own wife had cried in the same room years ago and how useless he felt
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cried	cry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
17	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · perfect | his own wife |  |  |  | year |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **feel** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cuz he missed his wife a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t10:o4:1
# text = cuz he missed his wife a lot
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | cuz | cuz's wife |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |

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