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title: Where's the dragon king's palace then, under the sea? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where's the dragon king's palace then, under the sea? Test 9 · ★ 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 tree and 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…

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Where's the dragon king's palace then, under the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** palace · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t9:1
# text = Where's the dragon king's palace then, under the sea?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the dragon king's palace |  |  |  |  | where *property* | 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 {#o1}

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At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t9:o1:1
# text = At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	_	11	compound	_	_
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	amod	_	_
14	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | participle |  | the bottom of the sea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Up in the mountain sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t9:o2:1
# text = Up in the mountain sky
1	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the bottom of the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t9:o3:1
# text = At the bottom of the sea
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish and pearls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1370-pg4018-part30:t9:o4:1
# text = At the bottom of the sea, surrounded by coral gardens and glowing fish and pearls
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	coral	coral	NOUN	NN	_	11	compound	_	_
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | participle |  |  |  | the bottom of the sea |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **glow** | gerund |  | fish and pearls |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

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