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title: wait, why does Momotaro wanna go fight the devils, lol — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 4… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why does Momotaro wanna go fight the devils, lol Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 3 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

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wait, why does Momotaro wanna go fight the devils, lol

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Momotaro · **What happens:** wait, go, fight · **To what, where:** devils

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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/1380-pg4018-part40/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t3:1
# text = wait, why does Momotaro wanna go fight the devils, lol
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Momotaro	Momotaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	5	dep	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	1	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present · do-support | Momotaro |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fight** | infinitive | Momotaro *not said here* | the devils |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devil=Co-Agent |

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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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For fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t3:o1:1
# text = For fun
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the devils hurt his parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t3:o2:1
# text = Because the devils hurt his parents
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	devils	devil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | the devils | his parents |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To get rich

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t3:o3:1
# text = To get rich
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They rob people and eat some of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t3:o4:1
# text = They rob people and eat some of them
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rob	rob	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | present | They | people |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Source |
| 2 | **eat** | present | They *not said here* | some |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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