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title: Ay, why was Marsyas flayed, though? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ay, why was Marsyas flayed, though? Test 9 · ★ 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 was w
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# Test 9 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Apollo, part 16: Apollo's grief,…

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Ay, why was Marsyas flayed, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marsyas · **What happens:** be, flay · **To what, where:** Marsyas

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t9:1
# text = Ay, why was Marsyas flayed, though?
1	Ay	ay	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Marsyas	Marsyas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flayed	flay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Marsyas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flay** | past | Marsyas |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lost the music battle, proper unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t9:o1:1
# text = He lost the music battle, proper unlucky
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | the music battle |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He lost the music battle to Apollo, proper unlucky, innit, and was flayed alive

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t9:o2:1
# text = He lost the music battle to Apollo, proper unlucky, innit, and was flayed alive
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	flayed	flay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
17	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | the music battle | Apollo |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **flay** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lost the pipes game, dead unlucky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t9:o3:1
# text = He lost the pipes game, dead unlucky
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | the pipes game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lost the battle of the pipes, which was proper unlucky, and then he got skinned

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:510-pg22381-part16:t9:o4:1
# text = He lost the battle of the pipes, which was proper unlucky, and then he got skinned
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	skinned	skinned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | He | the battle of the pipes |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | the pipes |  |  |  |  | properly, unlucky *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  | then | skinned *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **battle** |  |  | the pipes |  |  |  |  | nom battle «act transitive»: of=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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