--- title: Init, why did the shepherds go dead quiet? — Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan,… · tree and pragmatics description: Init, why did the shepherds go dead quiet? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/529-pg22381-part35/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/) / [Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/529-pg22381-part35/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is bor… Init, why did the shepherds go dead quiet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Init, shepherds · **What happens:** do, go · **To what, where:** dead quiet This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 529 «Myths of Greece and Rome, The God Pan, part 35: Pan is born strange, wins the gods' love, makes his pipe, and guards the shepherds» 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/529-pg22381-part35/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t8:1 # text = Init, why did the shepherds go dead quiet? 1 Init Init PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 quiet quiet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Init | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | present | the shepherds | dead quiet | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quiet=Theme | 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} Pan was sleeping ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t8:o1:1 # text = Pan was sleeping 1 Pan Pan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | Pan | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pan was taking his siesta ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t8:o2:1 # text = Pan was taking his siesta 1 Pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 siesta siesta NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · progressive | Pan | Pan's siesta | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent siesta=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pan was having a kip ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t8:o3:1 # text = Pan was having a kip 1 Pan Pan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kip kip NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · progressive | Pan | a kip | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kip=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Pan was having his nap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:529-pg22381-part35:t8:o4:1 # text = Pan was having his nap 1 Pan Pan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 nap nap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · progressive | Pan | Pan's nap | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient | **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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