--- title: why was the wife so happy — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with… · tree and pragmatics description: why was the wife so happy Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1384-pg4018-part44/t6/) [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 with…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1384-pg4018-part44/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t… why was the wife so happy **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** be This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» 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/1384-pg4018-part44/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t6:1 # text = why was the wife so happy 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the wife | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | 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} cuz he got a new house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t6:o1:1 # text = cuz he got a new house 1 cuz cuz NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | cuz | a new house | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} cuz her husband was home safe and the lump was gone from his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t6:o2:1 # text = cuz her husband was home safe and the lump was gone from his face 1 cuz cuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | cuz | | | | | home, safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past · passive | | the lump | | lump's face | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} cuz the lump was gone from his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t6:o3:1 # text = cuz the lump was gone from his face 1 cuz cuz VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past · passive | | the lump | | lump's face | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} cuz the lump was gone and he came home dancing like a boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1384-pg4018-part44:t6:o4:1 # text = cuz the lump was gone and he came home dancing like a boy 1 cuz cuz AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lump lump NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 dancing dance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | the lump | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | he | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dance** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | like a boy | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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