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title: Pursuant to the text, with what words did the priest petition the pr… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Ad… · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to the text, with what words did the priest petition the protector of his faith during his flight? Exam question 1 of lesson 1364 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the prie…

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Pursuant to the text, with what words did the priest petition the protector of his faith during his flight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** words · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** text

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1364 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1364-pg4018-part24/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the text, with what words did the priest petition the protector of his faith during his flight?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	protector	protector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	during	during	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | words | the text |  |  | during his flight |  | tree rules |

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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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He prayed aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e1:o1:1
# text = He prayed aloud
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | He |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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

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He repeated the invocation "Namu Amida Butsu"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e1:o2:1
# text = He repeated the invocation "Namu Amida Butsu"
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	invocation	invocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Namu	Namu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	Amida	Amida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	Butsu	Butsu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | past | He | the invocation |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invocation=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He sang an old folk song loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e1:o3:1
# text = He sang an old folk song loudly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He | a old folk song |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He shouted for help from the gods while running down the long road to escape

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1364-pg4018-part24:e1:o4:1
# text = He shouted for help from the gods while running down the long road to escape
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He |  |  |  |  | for help; from the gods | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
| 2 | **run down** | gerund | He *not said here* | the long road |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme road=Trajectory |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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