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title: Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they? Did they cry loads? — Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they? Did they cry loads? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits…

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Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they? Did they cry loads?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nymphs · **What happens:** not be, cry · **To what, where:** nymphs, loads

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2067 «Tanglewood Tales, Circe's Palace, part 26: Ulysses outwits Circe with a magic flower and frightens her into begging for mercy» 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/2067-pg976-part26/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:1
# text = Proper sad for the nymphs, weren't they?
1	Proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past |  | nymphs *= nymph* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Did they cry loads?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:2
# text = Did they cry loads?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past · do-support | nymphs *= nymph* | loads |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | the sea one | buckets of salt water |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the wood one wept buckets of tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, the wood one wept buckets of tears
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | the wood one | buckets of tears |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water and the others joined her

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, the sea one wept buckets of salt water and the others joined her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | the sea one | buckets of salt water |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |
| 2 | **join** | past | the others | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, all four of them wept buckets of salt water for their lost lovers

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2067-pg976-part26:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, all four of them wept buckets of salt water for their lost lovers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	lovers	lover	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | all four of them | buckets of salt water |  |  |  | for buckets's lost lovers | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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