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title: The wife got the gold too, yeah? Was she chuffed? — Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the S… · tree and pragmatics
description: The wife got the gold too, yeah? Was she chuffed? Test 8 · ★ 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 opt
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# Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

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The wife got the gold too, yeah? Was she chuffed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** get, chuff · **To what, where:** gold, wife

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The wife got the gold too, yeah?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:1
# text = The wife got the gold too, yeah?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the wife | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Was she chuffed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:2
# text = Was she chuffed?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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yeah, she was dead chuffed and went all polite and then pinched a heap of the finest gold from the shelf

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:o1:1
# text = yeah, she was dead chuffed and went all polite and then pinched a heap of the finest gold from the shelf
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	pinched	pinch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pinch** | past |  | a heap of the finest gold |  | the shelf | then |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent heap=Theme from shelf=Source |

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

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yeah, she went all polite and grabbed the biggest stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah, she went all polite and grabbed the biggest stones
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | past | she *not said here* | the biggest stones |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was thrilled and took the shiniest coins home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, she was thrilled and took the shiniest coins home
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	thrilled	thrilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	shiniest	shiny	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | thrilled *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | she *not said here* | the shiniest coins |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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yeah, she went all polite at once and then grabbed every single one of the biggest stones she could carry

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1671-pg5615-part60:t8:o4:1
# text = yeah, she went all polite at once and then grabbed every single one of the biggest stones she could carry
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
19	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
| 2 | **grab** | past | she *not said here* | every single one of the biggest stones |  |  | then |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | could | she | the biggest stones *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |

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