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title: Which motive is principally ascribed to the wife in the account of t… — Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which motive is principally ascribed to the wife in the account of the second chest? Exam question 2 of lesson 1671 «Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60: the old man's gift and the greedy wife's trip» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

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Which motive is principally ascribed to the wife in the account of the second chest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** ascribe, account · **To what, where:** motive, account, second chest

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1671 «Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60: the old man's gift and the greedy wife's trip» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1671-pg5615-part60/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:e2:1
# text = Which motive is principally ascribed to the wife in the account of the second chest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ascribed	ascribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascribe** | present · passive |  | which motive |  | the account of the second chest |  | to the wife; principally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **account** |  |  | the second chest |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Covetousness, which lends her strength against the weight of her burden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:e2:o1:1
# text = Covetousness, which lends her strength against the weight of her burden
1	Covetousness	covetousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lends	lend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | present | Covetousness | Covetousness's strength |  |  |  | against the weight of Covetousness's burden | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |
| 2 | **burden** |  | Covetousness |  |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Covetousness, which lends her strength against the weight of her burden and drives her to hurry on through every storm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:e2:o2:1
# text = Covetousness, which lends her strength against the weight of her burden and drives her to hurry on through every storm
1	Covetousness	covetousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lends	lend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	through	through	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | present | Covetousness | Covetousness's strength |  |  |  | against the weight of Covetousness's burden | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Theme |
| 2 | **drive** | present | Covetousness *not said here* | Covetousness |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **hurry on** | to-infinitive | Covetousness *not said here* |  |  | every storm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through storm=Trajectory |
| 4 | **burden** |  | Covetousness |  |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pride in her husband's wealth and the house he built

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:e2:o3:1
# text = Pride in her husband's wealth and the house he built
1	Pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | husband | Pride in her husband's wealth and the house *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Product |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Envy of her neighbours' fine silks and her sister's new house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:e2:o4:1
# text = Envy of her neighbours' fine silks and her sister's new house
1	Envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	silks	silk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **envy** |  |  | her neighbours's fine silks and her sister's new house |  |  |  |  | nom envy «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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