--- title: Did the old man get the ashes off his neighbor for free, like? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the old man get the ashes off his neighbor for free, like? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/t12/) [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 Old Man Who…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1370-pg4018-part30/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss… Did the old man get the ashes off his neighbor for free, like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old man · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** ashes This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» 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/1370-pg4018-part30/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t12:1 # text = Did the old man get the ashes off his neighbor for free, like? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | the old man | the ashes | | | | off man's neighbor for free | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ash=Stimulus | 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} Nope, he paid gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t12:o1:1 # text = Nope, he paid gold 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | he | gold | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he begged and the neighbor refused it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t12:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he begged and the neighbor refused it 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | he | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **refuse** | past | the neighbor | it | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he paid with a sack of rice and coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t12:o3:1 # text = Nah, he paid with a sack of rice and coins 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 rice rice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | he | | | | | with a sack of rice and coins | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Yeah, he asked and the neighbor said yes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t12:o4:1 # text = Yeah, he asked and the neighbor said yes 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the neighbor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | **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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