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title: Wait, why did Zeus zap Asclepius with a thunderbolt? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, why did Zeus zap Asclepius with a thunderbolt? Test 3 · ★ 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; Mo
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# Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, why did Zeus zap Asclepius with a thunderbolt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Zeus · **What happens:** wait, zap · **To what, where:** Asclepius

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t3:1
# text = Wait, why did Zeus zap Asclepius with a thunderbolt?
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	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	zap	zap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	Asclepius	Asclepius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thunderbolt	thunderbolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 | **zap** | past · do-support | Zeus | Asclepius |  |  |  | with a thunderbolt | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos people were getting way too immortal and skipping death, proper annoying, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t3:o1:1
# text = Cos people were getting way too immortal and skipping death, proper annoying, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	immortal	immortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | people | way |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus |
| 2 | **skip** | gerund | people *not said here* | death |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos people were getting too immortal, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t3:o2:1
# text = Cos people were getting too immortal, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	immortal	immortal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · progressive | people |  |  |  |  | immortal *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos he was healing everyone who came to his door, and Hades was proper raging, bruv

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t3:o3:1
# text = Cos he was healing everyone who came to his door, and Hades was proper raging, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	healing	heal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Hades	Hade	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
16	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | past · progressive | he | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | past |  |  |  | his door |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | Hades |  |  |  |  | proper *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **rage** | gerund | Hades *not said here* | bruv |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location bruv=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cos folk weren't dying no more, bruv

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t3:o4:1
# text = Cos folk weren't dying no more, bruv
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
6	no	no	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **die** | past · progressive | folk | more |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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