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title: What action of Psyche caused Eros to depart from her? — Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What action of Psyche caused Eros to depart from her? Exam question 3 of lesson 525 «Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Eros forgives her» 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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# Exam question 3 · Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Ero…

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What action of Psyche caused Eros to depart from her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Eros, Psyche · **What happens:** cause, depart, act · **To what, where:** Eros

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 525 «Greek Myths, Eros and Psyche: Psyche opens the box and Eros forgives her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/525-pg22381-part31/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:525-pg22381-part31:e3:1
# text = What action of Psyche caused Eros to depart from her?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Psyche	Psyche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Eros	Eros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | what action of Psyche | Eros |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive | Eros *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from action | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from she=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **act** |  | Psyche |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She let fall burning oil upon his shoulder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:525-pg22381-part31:e3:o1:1
# text = She let fall burning oil upon his shoulder
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	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	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | infinitive | She *not said here* | burning oil |  |  |  | upon his shoulder | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient oil=Result |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She touched his golden hair with a flame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:525-pg22381-part31:e3:o2:1
# text = She touched his golden hair with a flame
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | past | She | his golden hair |  |  |  | with a flame | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Experiencer with flame=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She broke her promise by bringing her sisters into the room to see him, and then a drop of burning oil fell on his shoulder

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:525-pg22381-part31:e3:o3:1
# text = She broke her promise by bringing her sisters into the room to see him, and then a drop of burning oil fell on his shoulder
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	amod	_	_
22	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | She | her promise |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |
| 2 | **bring** | gerund | She *not said here* | her sisters |  | the room |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sister=Theme into room=Destination |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **fall** | past | a drop of burning oil |  |  | drop's shoulder | then |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location |
| 6 | **promise** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She lit the lamp and held it over him, and a drop of burning oil fell onto his shoulder as he slept

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:525-pg22381-part31:e3:o4:1
# text = She lit the lamp and held it over him, and a drop of burning oil fell onto his shoulder as he slept
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lit	light	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	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	held	hold	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	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	drop	drop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **light** | past | She | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Product |
| 2 | **hold** | past | She *not said here* | lamp |  |  |  | over him *= he* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme over he=Location |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fall** | past | a drop of burning oil |  |  | drop's shoulder |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto shoulder=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **sleep** | past | drop |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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