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title: What did Cyparissus do to Apollo's stag? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Cyparissus do to Apollo's stag? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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What did Cyparissus do to Apollo's stag?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Cyparissus · **What happens:** do

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t8:1
# text = What did Cyparissus do to Apollo's stag?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Cyparissus	Cyparissus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | Cyparissus |  |  |  |  | to Apollo's stag | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 shot it by mistake, bare sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t8:o1:1
# text = He shot it by mistake, bare sad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | past | He | it |  |  |  | by mistake | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme by mistake=Destination |

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

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He accidentally killed it, poor lad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t8:o2:1
# text = He accidentally killed it, poor lad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | He | it |  |  |  | poor lad *vocative*; accidentally *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He grabbed a spear and speared it by accident, then cried for ages, poor lad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t8:o3:1
# text = He grabbed a spear and speared it by accident, then cried for ages, poor lad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	speared	spear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | He | a spear |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme |
| 2 | **spear** | past | He *not said here* | spear |  |  |  | by accident | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | for ages and poor lad; then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He accidentally killed it with a javelin, and felt awful, poor lad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t8:o4:1
# text = He accidentally killed it with a javelin, and felt awful, poor lad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	accidentally	accidentally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	javelin	javelin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | He | it |  |  |  | with a javelin; accidentally *property* | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with javelin=Instrument |
| 2 | **feel** | past | He *not said here* | awful poor lad |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme |

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