from time import sleep

def shm$($aap$)$

sleep $($aap $*1000)$

if $(aap<mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636415">9</mn><mi\; id="EditorElement\_1636417">)</mi>$

return aap $-3$

elif $(aap<mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636365">1</mn><mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636366">0</mn><mi\; id="EditorElement\_1636368">)</mi>$

return shm$($aap $-1)$

elif $(aap<mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636310">1</mn><mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636311">1</mn><mi\; id="EditorElement\_1636313">)</mi>$

return aap $-6$

elif $(aap<mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636260">1</mn><mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636261">2</mn><mi\; id="EditorElement\_1636263">)</mi>$

return shm$($aap $-2)$

elif $(aap<mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636205">1</mn><mn\; id="EditorElement\_1636206">3</mn><mi\; id="EditorElement\_1636208">)</mi>$

return shm$($aap $-4)$

else

return shm$($aap $-5)$

Consider the Pythonic pseudocode snippet provided above for a recursive function. After the initial call to the function shm has been made with argument $24$ then how many subsequent recursive calls will be made before a value a final result can be returned?