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title: What's the big lesson, like? — Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the S… · tree and pragmatics
description: What's the big lesson, like? Test 14 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 14 · ★ · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What's the big lesson, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big lesson

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This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t14:1
# text = What's the big lesson, like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the big lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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if you are greedy and cruel to others, you will lose everything you ever had in your life

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t14:o1:1
# text = if you are greedy and cruel to others, you will lose everything you ever had in your life
1	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	advcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obj	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	_
16	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | greedy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to others | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** | future | you | everything |  | your life |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |
| 4 | **have** | past | you |  |  |  | ever |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
greedy folk can end up in a right mess, so always treat animals and strangers with kindness

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t14:o2:1
# text = greedy folk can end up in a right mess, so always treat animals and strangers with kindness
1	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | can | greedy folk |  |  |  |  | in a right mess *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in mess=Result |
| 2 | **treat** | infinitive | greedy folk *not said here* |  | animals and strangers |  |  | with kindness; always *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient with kindness=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
greedy folk can end up in a right mess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t14:o3:1
# text = greedy folk can end up in a right mess
1	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | can | greedy folk |  |  |  |  | in a right mess *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in mess=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kindness is always rewarded in life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t14:o4:1
# text = kindness is always rewarded in life
1	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | present · passive |  | kindness |  | life |  | always *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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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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