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title: yo, what did Theseus say when she asked if he'd go home? — Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, what did Theseus say when she asked if he'd go home? Test 14 · ★ of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Test 14 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Thes…

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yo, what did Theseus say when she asked if he'd go home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Theseus, he · **What happens:** say, ask, go · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 2048 «Tanglewood Tales, The Minotaur, part 7: Ariadne frees Theseus and gives him a silken string to find his way through the maze.» 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/2048-pg976-part7/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:t14:1
# text = yo, what did Theseus say when she asked if he'd go home?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Theseus |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | he |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, I will never leave Crete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:t14:o1:1
# text = No, I will never leave Crete
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | future | I | Crete |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crete=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, I will sail home now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:t14:o2:1
# text = Yes, I will sail home now
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | future | I |  |  |  | now | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, I will go home with you as soon as the dawn comes up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:t14:o3:1
# text = Yes, I will go home with you as soon as the dawn comes up
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | future | I |  |  |  |  | with you; home, soon *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **come up** | present | the dawn |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, I will never leave Crete until I have slain the Minotaur and wiped out the king's shame

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2048-pg976-part7:t14:o4:1
# text = No, I will never leave Crete until I have slain the Minotaur and wiped out the king's shame
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Minotaur	Minotaur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **leave** | future | I | Crete |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crete=Theme |
| 2 | **slay** | present · perfect | I | the Minotaur |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minotaur=Patient |
| 3 | **wipe out** | past | I *not said here* | the king's shame |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent shame=Source |
| 4 | **shame** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom shame «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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