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title: Bruv, why'd the Sabines even want to come into Rome? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, why'd the Sabines even want to come into Rome? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 3 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bruv, why'd the Sabines even want to come into Rome?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sabines · **What happens:** want, come · **To what, where:** Rome

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 530 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Janus and the Gods of Gates and Seasons, part 36: Asclepius heals the sick, Janus guards the gates, and Vertumnus wins Pomona» 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/530-pg22381-part36/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t3:1
# text = Bruv, why'd the Sabines even want to come into Rome?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sabines	sabine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | would | the Sabines |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Sabines *not said here* |  |  | Rome |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into rome=Initial\_Location |

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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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to make a treaty after their long war with the Tiber people in the north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t3:o1:1
# text = to make a treaty after their long war with the Tiber people in the north
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Tiber	Tiber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | a treaty |  | the north | after their long war | with the Tiber people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset treaty=Product |
| 2 | **war** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom war «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they had been invited by the Roman senate to a festival of peace in the city

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t3:o2:1
# text = they had been invited by the Roman senate to a festival of peace in the city
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	senate	senate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past · perfect · passive | the Roman senate | they |  | the city |  | to a festival of peace | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they wanted revenge for the abduction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t3:o3:1
# text = they wanted revenge for the abduction
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they | revenge |  |  |  | for the abduction | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot revenge=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they came to conquer the Roman lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:530-pg22381-part36:t3:o4:1
# text = they came to conquer the Roman lands
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	conquer	conquer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conquer** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the Roman lands |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |

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