--- title: mum said the Moirae were old and lame, why? — Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, p… · tree and pragmatics description: mum said the Moirae were old and lame, why? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 523 «Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies, Fates, Nemesis and the cave of Sleep, with their homes and jobs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/523-pg22381-part29/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/523-pg22381-part29/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies,… mum said the Moirae were old and lame, why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum, Moirae · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 523 «Greek Myths, Night and Her Children, part 29: the Furies, Fates, Nemesis and the cave of Sleep, with their homes and jobs» 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/523-pg22381-part29/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:t8:1 # text = mum said the Moirae were old and lame, why? 1 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say 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 Moirae Moirae PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mum | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the Moirae | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the Moirae *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} the endless toil of fate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:t8:o1:1 # text = the endless toil of fate 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 endless endless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 toil toil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toil** | | fate | | | | | | nom toil «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} weakness of the aged mind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:t8:o2:1 # text = weakness of the aged mind 1 weakness weakness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the slow march of destiny over the centuries ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:t8:o3:1 # text = the slow march of destiny over the centuries 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the slow march of destiny ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:523-pg22381-part29:t8:o4:1 # text = the slow march of destiny 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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