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title: bruh the hourglass and scythe, what do they mean — Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh the hourglass and scythe, what do they mean Test 12 · ★ of lesson 497 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus swallows his children, and Rhea saves Zeus with a stone» 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 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus…

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bruh the hourglass and scythe, what do they mean

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hourglass · **What happens:** mean · **To what, where:** hourglass

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 497 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Titans and Zeus, part 3: Cronus swallows his children, and Rhea saves Zeus with a stone» 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/497-pg22381-part3/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t12:1
# text = bruh the hourglass and scythe, what do they mean
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hourglass	hourglass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	scythe	scythe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | hourglass | the hourglass and scythe |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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Time flying by and time cutting everything down like a farmer's harvest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t12:o1:1
# text = Time flying by and time cutting everything down like a farmer's harvest
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund | Time *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut down** | gerund | Time *not said here* | everything |  |  |  | like a farmer's harvest | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The passing of time and the cutting down of all mortal life by the gods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t12:o2:1
# text = The passing of time and the cutting down of all mortal life by the gods
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
7	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	mortal	mortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pass** |  |  | time |  |  |  |  | nom passing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
time flying and time cutting everything down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t12:o3:1
# text = time flying and time cutting everything down
1	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	conj	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund | time *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut down** | gerund | time *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Time passing and death ending life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:497-pg22381-part3:t12:o4:1
# text = Time passing and death ending life
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund | Time *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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