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title: Wait, why did Hermes go down to the underworld, mate? — Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did Hermes go down to the underworld, mate? Test 9 · ★ 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;
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# Test 9 · ★ · Greek Myths, Demeter and Persephone: Demeter nurses a baby…

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Wait, why did Hermes go down to the underworld, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Hermes · **What happens:** wait, go down

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t9:1
# text = Wait, why did Hermes go down to the underworld, mate?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hermes	Hermes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go down** | past · do-support | Hermes |  |  |  |  | to the underworld and mate; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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}

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to ask Aides to free Persephone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t9:o1:1
# text = to ask Aides to free Persephone
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Aides	aide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | Aides |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to ask Aides to free Persephone so the earth could bloom again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t9:o2:1
# text = to ask Aides to free Persephone so the earth could bloom again
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Aides	aide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	bloom	bloom	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | Aides |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bloom** | could | the earth |  |  |  | again |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to bring back Persephone home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t9:o3:1
# text = to bring back Persephone home
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | to-infinitive |  | Persephone |  |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent persephone=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to ask Aides to let Persephone go back up to the upper world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:505-pg22381-part11:t9:o4:1
# text = to ask Aides to let Persephone go back up to the upper world
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Aides	aide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	Persephone	persephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  | Aides |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent aide=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Aides *not said here* | Persephone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go back** | infinitive | Persephone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | up the upper world | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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