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title: fr, what did the Tanuki do to the wife? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of t… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the Tanuki do to the wife? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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 ri
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# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

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fr, what did the Tanuki do to the wife?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fr, Tanuki · **What happens:** do

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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/1617-pg5615-part6/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t8:1
# text = fr, what did the Tanuki do to the wife?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | the Tanuki |  |  |  |  | to the wife | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he tied her to the loom, fr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t8:o1:1
# text = he tied her to the loom, fr
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	loom	loom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | he | her *= she* |  |  |  | to the loom and fr | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to loom=Co-Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pounded her in the mortar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t8:o2:1
# text = pounded her in the mortar
1	pounded	pound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mortar	mortar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pound** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the mortar |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme in mortar=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ate her up, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t8:o3:1
# text = ate her up, bro
1	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat up** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | bro *vocative* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he ran off, fr

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1617-pg5615-part6:t8:o4:1
# text = he ran off, fr
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | he | fr |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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