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title: ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights th…

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ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ngl, stranger · **What happens:** be, go · **To what, where:** stranger, Hesperides place

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2052 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 11: Hercules fights the giant Antaeus and knocks him down» 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/2052-pg976-part11/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t3:1
# text = ngl, why was the stranger going to the Hesperides place?
1	ngl	ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	1	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Hesperides	hesperid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | ngl | the stranger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | the stranger *not said here* |  |  | the Hesperides place |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location |

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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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to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t3:o1:1
# text = to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	snag	snag	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snag** | to-infinitive |  | three golden apples |  |  |  | for King Eurystheus | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who ordered him to bring them home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t3:o2:1
# text = to snag three golden apples for King Eurystheus, who ordered him to bring them home
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	snag	snag	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Eurystheus	Eurystheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snag** | to-infinitive |  | three golden apples |  |  |  | for King Eurystheus | tree rules |
| 2 | **order** | past | three golden apples |  | Eurystheus |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | apples *= apple* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to fetch a lion for the Pygmies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t3:o3:1
# text = to fetch a lion for the Pygmies
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | a lion |  |  |  | for the Pygmies | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lion=Theme for pygmy=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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to grab some silver coins for his own king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2052-pg976-part11:t3:o4:1
# text = to grab some silver coins for his own king
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | to-infinitive |  | some silver coins |  |  |  | for his own king | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent coin=Theme for king=Beneficiary |

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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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