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title: Mad, what do the Mysteries and the myth actually mean? — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mad, what do the Mysteries and the myth actually mean? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 13 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Mad, what do the Mysteries and the myth actually mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mysteries · **What happens:** mean

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 505 «Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby, is interrupted, and the seasons begin» 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/505-pg22381-part11/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t13:1
# text = Mad, what do the Mysteries and the myth actually mean?
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mysteries	Mystery	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | infinitive | the Mysteries |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the change of seasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t13:o1:1
# text = the change of seasons
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** |  | seasons |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the yearly change of the seasons, from winter's death to spring's rebirth

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t13:o2:1
# text = the yearly change of the seasons, from winter's death to spring's rebirth
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	yearly	yearly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	rebirth	rebirth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** |  | the seasons |  |  |  |  | to spring's rebirth | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent to=obl |
| 2 | **die** |  | winter |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the regular change of the seasons and the cycle of the crops on the land

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t13:o3:1
# text = the regular change of the seasons and the cycle of the crops on the land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** |  | the seasons |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the seasons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t13:o4:1
# text = the seasons
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seasons	season	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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