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title: bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages? — A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 1 · ★ · A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cadmus · **What happens:** chase · **To what, where:** cow

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» 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/2059-pg976-part18/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t1:1
# text = bruh, why was Cadmus chasing a cow for ages?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Cadmus	Cadmus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past · progressive | Cadmus | a cow |  |  | for ages |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his friends had made a silly bet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t1:o1:1
# text = his friends had made a silly bet
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bet	bet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive |  | his friends |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary bet=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the oracle had promised that a sacred brindled cow would guide his steps to a new home

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t1:o2:1
# text = the oracle had promised that a sacred brindled cow would guide his steps to a new home
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	brindled	brindled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	guide	guide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive |  | the oracle |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **guide** | would | a sacred brindled cow | oracle's steps |  | a new home |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent step=Theme to home=Destination |
| 3 | **step** |  | oracle |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the Pythia had said that a heifer from the fields would show him where to settle

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t1:o3:1
# text = the Pythia had said that a heifer from the fields would show him where to settle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pythia	Pythia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	heifer	heifer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the Pythia |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | would | a heifer from the fields |  | Pythia |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **settle** | to-infinitive | a heifer from the fields *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the oracle said a cow would lead him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:t1:o4:1
# text = the oracle said a cow would lead him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the oracle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lead** | would | a cow | oracle |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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