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title: Orpheus with the harp was lit, that song was fire — Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Orpheus with the harp was lit, that song was fire Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 13 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes…

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Orpheus with the harp was lit, that song was fire

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** song · **What happens:** lit, be · **To what, where:** harp, fire

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2084 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason takes the Golden Fleece with Medea's magic and sails away» 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/2084-pg976-part43/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t13:1
# text = Orpheus with the harp was lit, that song was fire
1	Orpheus	Orpheus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | past · passive |  | the harp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | that song | fire |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the crew was half asleep then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t13:o1:1
# text = nah, the crew was half asleep then
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	advmod	_	_
7	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the crew |  |  |  | then | asleep, half *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, everyone was clapping along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t13:o2:1
# text = yeah, everyone was clapping along
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	along	along	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | past · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, the whole crew was singing along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t13:o3:1
# text = yeah, the whole crew was singing along
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	along	along	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the whole crew |  |  |  |  | along *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, the crew were all rowing so hard they couldn't even hear the harp that night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2084-pg976-part43:t13:o4:1
# text = nah, the crew were all rowing so hard they couldn't even hear the harp that night
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	rowing	row	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past · progressive | the crew |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | could | they | the harp |  |  | night | hard *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer harp=Stimulus |

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