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title: Deffo, why did Hera mess with his birth? — Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero… · tree and pragmatics
description: Deffo, why did Hera mess with his birth? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 542 «Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, and the first labours» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, an…

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Deffo, why did Hera mess with his birth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hera · **What happens:** mess

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 542 «Greek Myths, Heracles, part 48: a hero's choice, a war, and the first labours» 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/542-pg22381-part48/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:t4:1
# text = Deffo, why did Hera mess with his birth?
1	Deffo	Deffo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hera	Hera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mess	mess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mess** | past · do-support | Hera |  |  |  |  | with Hera's birth; Deffo *vocative* | tree rules |

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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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to rob him of his rights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:t4:o1:1
# text = to rob him of his rights
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rob	rob	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | of his rights | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme of right=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to rob him of his rights and his tomb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:t4:o2:1
# text = to rob him of his rights and his tomb
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	rob	rob	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rob** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | of his rights and his tomb | vn rob-10.6.4 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme of right=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to take his crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:t4:o3:1
# text = to take his crown
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | his crown |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to win her favour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:542-pg22381-part48:t4:o4:1
# text = to win her favour
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	win	win	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|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	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | her favour |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality |
| 2 | **favour** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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