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title: Why'd the old woman leave him, then? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why'd the old woman leave him, then? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why'd the old woman leave him, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** leave · **To what, where:** him

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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/1363-pg4018-part23/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t7:1
# text = Why'd the old woman leave him, then?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | would | the old woman | him *= he* |  |  | then |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get wood, cos the fire went out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t7:o1:1
# text = To get wood, cos the fire went out
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | the fire *not said here* | wood |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go out** | past | the fire |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
For a bit of fresh air, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t7:o2:1
# text = For a bit of fresh air, mate
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To get wood, cos the fire went out and she wanted to cook him a proper dinner

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t7:o3:1
# text = To get wood, cos the fire went out and she wanted to cook him a proper dinner
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | the fire *not said here* | wood |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go out** | past | the fire |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **want** | past | fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **cook** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fire *not said here* | a proper dinner | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary dinner=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To fetch wood from the back, cos the fire went out and she's dead cold, innit

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1363-pg4018-part23:t7:o4:1
# text = To fetch wood from the back, cos the fire went out and she's dead cold, innit
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | wood |  | the back |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wood=Theme from back=Source |
| 2 | **go out** | past | the fire |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | fire |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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