---
title: what's the vibe of the lotus comparison? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the vibe of the lotus comparison? Test 8 · ★ 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 o
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/t8/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/) / t8

# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the vibe of the lotus comparison?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vibe · **What happens:** be

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t8:1
# text = what's the vibe of the lotus comparison?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vibe	vibe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lotus	lotus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the vibe of the lotus comparison |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
it's basically saying she grew up in a poor village but still managed to become a beautiful lady

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t8:o1:1
# text = it's basically saying she grew up in a poor village but still managed to become a beautiful lady
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	managed	manage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | basically *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow up** | past | she |  |  | a poor village |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |
| 3 | **manage** | participle |  |  |  |  | still |  | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **become** | to-infinitive |  | a beautiful lady |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she's dirty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t8:o2:1
# text = she's dirty
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | dirty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it means she stays good and innocent even when surrounded by all the bad stuff going on in the house

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t8:o3:1
# text = it means she stays good and innocent even when surrounded by all the bad stuff going on in the house
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
16	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** | present | she |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **surround** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **go on** | gerund | all bad stuff *not said here* |  |  | the house |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she stays pure in the muck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1362-pg4018-part22:t8:o4:1
# text = she stays pure in the muck
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	muck	muck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | she |  |  | the muck |  | pure *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in muck=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/t7/)
- next →: [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Ma…, test 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/t9/)
- ↑ back to [Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1362-pg4018-part22/)