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title: Bro, why did Apollo chuck a deadly dart at Coronis? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why did Apollo chuck a deadly dart at Coronis? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 1 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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Bro, why did Apollo chuck a deadly dart at Coronis?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Apollo · **What happens:** chuck · **To what, where:** deadly dart, Coronis

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 510 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief, his son's death, and his punishments» 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/510-pg22381-part16/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t1:1
# text = Bro, why did Apollo chuck a deadly dart at Coronis?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	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	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	dart	dart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Coronis	Coronis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · do-support | Apollo | a deadly dart |  | Coronis |  | Bro *vocative* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent dart=Theme at coronis=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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He was well raging, bruv, cos she'd been seeing a mortal behind his back all week

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t1:o1:1
# text = He was well raging, bruv, cos she'd been seeing a mortal behind his back all week
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
12	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mortal	mortal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past · perfect · progressive | she | a mortal |  | his back | week |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mortal=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He was livid, mate, and totally lost it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t1:o2:1
# text = He was livid, mate, and totally lost it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	livid	livid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; livid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | He *not said here* | mate |  |  |  | totally *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was livid, mate, after she cheated on him with some random bloke from Thessaly

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t1:o3:1
# text = He was livid, mate, after she cheated on him with some random bloke from Thessaly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	livid	livid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	cheated	cheat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
14	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Thessaly	Thessaly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative*; livid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cheat** | past | she |  |  |  |  | on him *= he*; with some random bloke from Thessaly | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was buzzing, mate, and fancied her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t1:o4:1
# text = He was buzzing, mate, and fancied her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buzz** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | mate *vocative* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fancy** | past | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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