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title: bro, why did the prince not just go straight home after the fight? — Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro, why did the prince not just go straight home after the fight? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 2 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro, why did the prince not just go straight home after the fight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not go

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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/1379-pg4018-part39/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t2:1
# text = bro, why did the prince not just go straight home after the fight?
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  | after the fight | bro *vocative*; home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 -->
he wanted to visit the shrine on the way, so he detoured for days

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t2:o1:1
# text = he wanted to visit the shrine on the way, so he detoured for days
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shrine	shrine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	detoured	detour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the shrine |  | the way |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrine=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **detour** | past | he |  |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he wanted a more interesting route

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t2:o2:1
# text = he wanted a more interesting route
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | he | a interesting route |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot route=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his aunt had told him the direct road was dangerous and full of ghosts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t2:o3:1
# text = his aunt had told him the direct road was dangerous and full of ghosts
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | his aunt | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the direct road |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the direct road *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of ghosts | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he fancied seeing the coast road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1379-pg4018-part39:t2:o4:1
# text = he fancied seeing the coast road
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **see** | gerund | he *not said here* | the coast road |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus |

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