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title: Dude, what did the fishes all do when the Sea King called? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, what did the fishes all do when the Sea King called? Test 14 · ★ 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, with the dependenc
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# Test 14 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost…

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Dude, what did the fishes all do when the Sea King called?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** call · **To what, where:** Sea King · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t14:1
# text = Dude, what did the fishes all do when the Sea King called?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	csubj:pass	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle · passive |  | the Sea King |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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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bowed and waited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t14:o1:1
# text = bowed and waited
1	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
came in, bowed low, and sat down in order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t14:o2:1
# text = came in, bowed low, and sat down in order
1	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sit down** | past |  |  |  | order |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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swam away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t14:o3:1
# text = swam away
1	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim away** | past |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
came in and sat down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1367-pg4018-part27:t14:o4:1
# text = came in and sat down
1	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit down** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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