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title: yo so Tantalus is dying of thirst but the water dips away when he go… — Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo so Tantalus is dying of thirst but the water dips away when he goes to sip? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 1 · ★ · Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilt…

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yo so Tantalus is dying of thirst but the water dips away when he goes to sip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tantalus, yo · **What happens:** die, dip away, go, sip · **To what, where:** yo

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 522 «Classical Myths, The Realm of the Dead, part 28: the guilty are judged and punished in Tartarus» 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/522-pg22381-part28/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t1:1
# text = yo so Tantalus is dying of thirst but the water dips away when he goes to sip?
1	yo	yo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	dying	die	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	dips	dip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	sip	sip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present · progressive | Tantalus | yo *not said here* |  |  |  | of thirst but the water | tree rules |
| 2 | **dip away** | present | yo |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | present | Tantalus |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **sip** | to-infinitive | Tantalus *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it flows right into his mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it flows right into his mouth
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	right	right	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | present | it |  |  | his mouth |  | right *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but Zeus sends a bird to refill the cup every time he tries

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, but Zeus sends a bird to refill the cup every time he tries
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	refill	refill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | Zeus | a bird |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme |
| 2 | **refill** | to-infinitive | Zeus *not said here* | the cup |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | present | Zeus | every time *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, it ducks off his lips every time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, it ducks off his lips every time
1	Yeah	yeah	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	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, and the fruit above him keeps flying off the branch too, right?

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:522-pg22381-part28:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, and the fruit above him keeps flying off the branch too, right?
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	above	above	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
15	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the fruit above him |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fly off** | gerund | the fruit above him *not said here* | the branch |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location branch=Theme |

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