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title: The fairy's brothers were trying to get the Princess Yakami, right?… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inab… · tree and pragmatics
description: The fairy's brothers were trying to get the Princess Yakami, right? Good luck, bro! Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

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The fairy's brothers were trying to get the Princess Yakami, right? Good luck, bro!

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** try, get · **To what, where:** Princess Yakami

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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/1375-pg4018-part35/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The fairy's brothers were trying to get the Princess Yakami, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:1
# text = The fairy's brothers were trying to get the Princess Yakami, right?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Yakami	Yakami	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | past · progressive | the fairy's brothers |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fairy's brothers *not said here* | the Princess Yakami |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yakami=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Good luck, bro!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:2
# text = Good luck, bro!
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Who were the brothers of the fairy trying hard to win over at the Princess's home?

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:o1:1
# text = Who were the brothers of the fairy trying hard to win over at the Princess's home?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the brothers |  |  |  | of the fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **win over** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* |  |  | the Princess's home |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who were the brothers of the fairy trying to win?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:o2:1
# text = Who were the brothers of the fairy trying to win?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the brothers |  |  |  | of the fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who were the fairy's brothers hoping to court?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:o3:1
# text = Who were the fairy's brothers hoping to court?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the fairy's brothers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hope** | gerund | the fairy's brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who were the brothers of the fairy trying to win as their bride from the far palace?

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1375-pg4018-part35:t9:o4:1
# text = Who were the brothers of the fairy trying to win as their bride from the far palace?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the brothers |  |  |  | of the fairy | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | the brothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **win** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brothers *not said here* |  |  | the far palace |  | as brothers's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from palace=Source |

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