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title: Describe the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palac… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palace, and the sentiment which increasingly afflicted him. Exam question 3 of lesson 1367 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Pala
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost…

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Describe the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palace, and the sentiment which increasingly afflicted him.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sentiment, Happy Hunter · **What happens:** describe, afflict, sojourn · **To what, where:** duration, him, Sea Palace

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1367 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Palace» 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/1367-pg4018-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:e3:1
# text = Describe the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palace, and the sentiment which increasingly afflicted him.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Happy	Happy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	sojourn	sojourn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	increasingly	increasingly	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	afflicted	afflict	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of the Happy Hunter's sojourn in the Sea Palace |  |  |  | the sentiment *obl* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent duration=Theme |
| 2 | **afflict** | past | the sentiment | him *= he* |  |  |  | increasingly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sojourn** |  | the Happy Hunter |  |  | the Sea Palace |  |  | nom sojourn «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two years, accompanied by growing anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = two years, accompanied by growing anger
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle | two years |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | two years *not said here* | anger |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location anger=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three years, accompanied by growing homesickness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = three years, accompanied by growing homesickness
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle | three years |  |  |  |  | by growing homesickness | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by homesickness=Destination |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
about three years, accompanied by growing homesickness and a longing for his brother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = about three years, accompanied by growing homesickness and a longing for his brother
1	about	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	homesickness	homesickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	longing	longing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle | three years |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | three years *not said here* | homesickness and a longing |  |  |  | for his brother | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent homesickness=Product for brother=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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nearly two decades, accompanied by growing boredom and an urge to wander the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = nearly two decades, accompanied by growing boredom and an urge to wander the sea
1	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	urge	urge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	wander	wander	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accompany** | participle | two decades |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | two decades *not said here* | boredom and a urge |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boredom=Theme |
| 3 | **wander** | to-infinitive | two decades *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Trajectory |

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