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title: Of what did the parents of the abducted maidens promise to grant Hym… — Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Lov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what did the parents of the abducted maidens promise to grant Hymen? Exam question 1 of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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Of what did the parents of the abducted maidens promise to grant Hymen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** parents · **What happens:** do, abduct, promise, grant · **To what, where:** Hymen

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 526 «Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32: Hymen's rescue, Iris, Hebe, Ganymedes and the Muses» 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/526-pg22381-part32/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e1:1
# text = Of what did the parents of the abducted maidens promise to grant Hymen?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	abducted	abduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	promise	promise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	grant	grant	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	Hymen	Hymen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **abduct** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | the parents of the abducted maidens |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **grant** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the parents of the abducted maidens *not said here* | Hymen |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent hymen=Theme |

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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}

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the throne of their father

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e1:o1:1
# text = the throne of their father
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a share of their kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e1:o2:1
# text = a share of their kingdom
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** |  |  | their kingdom |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the maiden he loved in marriage along with a rich dowry of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e1:o3:1
# text = the maiden he loved in marriage along with a rich dowry of gold
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dowry	dowry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the maiden |  |  | marriage |  | along a rich dowry of gold | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the maiden he loved in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:e1:o4:1
# text = the maiden he loved in marriage
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | the maiden |  |  | marriage |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |

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