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title: Why did Hercules drop his club, real talk? — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Hercules drop his club, real talk? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the…

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Why did Hercules drop his club, real talk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hercules · **What happens:** drop · **To what, where:** club

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2053 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 12: Hercules lifts the Giant off the ground and wins, then the Pygmies plan revenge» 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/2053-pg976-part12/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:t12:1
# text = Why did Hercules drop his club, real talk?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drop	drop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past · do-support | Hercules | Hercules's club and real talk |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=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 {#o1}

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He wanted a fair match because his club had been broken by the Giant's enormous weight earlier.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:t12:o1:1
# text = He wanted a fair match because his club had been broken by the Giant's enormous weight earlier.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a fair match |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** *not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | the Giant enormous weight | his club |  |  |  | early *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He wanted a fair wrestling match.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:t12:o2:1
# text = He wanted a fair wrestling match.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a fair wrestling match |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot match=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He wanted a fair wrestling match, so he set the club aside to be even with the Giant.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:t12:o3:1
# text = He wanted a fair wrestling match, so he set the club aside to be even with the Giant.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a fair wrestling match |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot match=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | past | he | the club |  |  |  | aside *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient club=Result |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | giant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wanted a fair sword match.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2053-pg976-part12:t12:o4:1
# text = He wanted a fair sword match.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | a fair sword match |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot match=Theme |

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