--- title: Bro, who did Zeus send first to try and sort her out? — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, who did Zeus send first to try and sort her out? Test 8 · ★ 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 option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/505-pg22381-part11/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/505-pg22381-part11/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby… Bro, who did Zeus send first to try and sort her out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Bro · **What happens:** send, try, sort out · **To what, where:** Zeus This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t8:1 # text = Bro, who did Zeus send first to try and sort her out? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Zeus Zeus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 sort sort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · do-support | Bro | | | | | first *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | Bro *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sort out** | infinitive | Bro *not said here* | Zeus | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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} Iris and the other gods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t8:o1:1 # text = Iris and the other gods 1 Iris Iris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Iris and the other gods of the sky, who went down to beg her to return ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t8:o2:1 # text = Iris and the other gods of the sky, who went down to beg her to return 1 Iris Iris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | past | Iris and the other gods of the sky | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | Iris and the other gods of the sky *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Iris and the other gods of the sky *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Athena and the gods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t8:o3:1 # text = Athena and the gods 1 Athena athena NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Iris and the other gods, who flew down from Olympus to plead with her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t8:o4:1 # text = Iris and the other gods, who flew down from Olympus to plead with her 1 Iris Iris PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Olympus Olympus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 plead plead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly down** | past | Iris and the other gods | | | Olympus | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from olympus=Trajectory | | 2 | **plead** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | Iris and the other gods *not said here* | | | | | with Olympus | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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