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title: so halcyon days means chill days by the sea? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and A… · tree and pragmatics
description: so halcyon days means chill days by the sea? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 5 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis…

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so halcyon days means chill days by the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** halcyon days · **What happens:** mean, chill · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 517 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Thetis and Ares, part 23: Thetis weds Peleus, then the war-god Ares is hated by his father» 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/517-pg22381-part23/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t5:1
# text = so halcyon days means chill days by the sea?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	halcyon	halcyon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	chill	chill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | halcyon days |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **chill** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | day | by the sea | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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nah, it means something about the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t5:o1:1
# text = nah, it means something about the sun
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | something |  |  |  | about the sun | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, it's about sunshine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t5:o2:1
# text = nah, it's about sunshine
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | about sunshine | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah like calm weather for the nests, super mint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t5:o3:1
# text = yeah like calm weather for the nests, super mint
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nests	nest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	super	super	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah like calm seas for the birds, dead nice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:517-pg22381-part23:t5:o4:1
# text = yeah like calm seas for the birds, dead nice
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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