--- title: What demand did the elder brother make before he would forgive the y… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter… · tree and pragmatics description: What demand did the elder brother make before he would forgive the younger? Exam question 3 of lesson 1365 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher, part 25: the brothers swap jobs and the hook is lost» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1365-pg4018-part25/e3/) [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 Happy Hunter…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1365-pg4018-part25/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fi… What demand did the elder brother make before he would forgive the younger? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** demand, elder brother, brother · **What happens:** do, make, forgive · **To what, where:** younger This is exam question 3 of lesson 1365 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher, part 25: the brothers swap jobs and the hook is lost» 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/1365-pg4018-part25/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e3:1 # text = What demand did the elder brother make before he would forgive the younger? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what demand | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | present | the elder brother | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **forgive** | would | brother | the younger | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent young=Theme | 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} He demanded the return of his bow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e3:o1:1 # text = He demanded the return of his bow 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 demanded demand 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 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | He | the return of his bow | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme return=Precondition | | 2 | **return** | | his bow | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He insisted on getting his bow back ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e3:o2:1 # text = He insisted on getting his bow back 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get back** | gerund | He *not said here* | his bow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bow=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He demanded the return of his hook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e3:o3:1 # text = He demanded the return of his hook 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 demanded demand 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 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | He | the return of his hook | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme return=Precondition | | 2 | **return** | | his hook | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He wanted the hook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1365-pg4018-part25:e3:o4:1 # text = He wanted the hook 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want 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 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | He | the hook | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hook=Theme | **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. 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