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title: Why did Zeus's eagle nab Ganymedes, bruv? — Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Lov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Zeus's eagle nab Ganymedes, bruv? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Greek and Roman Myths, The Gods of Love and Youth, part 32…

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Why did Zeus's eagle nab Ganymedes, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eagle · **What happens:** nab · **To what, where:** Ganymedes

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This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t7:1
# text = Why did Zeus's eagle nab Ganymedes, bruv?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	nab	nab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Ganymedes	Ganymedes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nab** | past · do-support | Zeus's eagle | Ganymedes |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ganymedes=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t7:o1:1
# text = He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | dead fit and Zeus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fancy** | past | dead fit and Zeus | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him so he took him up to Olympus

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t7:o2:1
# text = He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him so he took him up to Olympus
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Olympus	Olympus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | dead fit and Zeus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fancy** | past | dead fit and Zeus | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **take up** | past | Zeus | him *= he* | Olympus |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to olympus=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him, so the eagle nabbed him from Ida

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t7:o3:1
# text = He was dead fit and Zeus fancied him, so the eagle nabbed him from Ida
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fancied	fancy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	nabbed	nab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Ida	Ida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | dead fit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fancy** | past | Zeus | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **nab** | past | the eagle | Zeus |  | Ida |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from ida=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Zeus wanted a new cup-bearer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:526-pg22381-part32:t7:o4:1
# text = Zeus wanted a new cup-bearer
1	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Zeus | a new cup bearer |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bearer=Theme |

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