---
title: Did Theseus get the throne back or nah, after all that? — Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Theseus get the throne back or nah, after all that? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/t13/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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, Theseus, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/) / t13

# Test 13 · ★ · Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did Theseus get the throne back or nah, after all that?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Theseus · **What happens:** get back · **To what, where:** throne

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 548 «Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile» 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/548-pg22381-part54/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t13:1
# text = Did Theseus get the throne back or nah, after all that?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Theseus	Theseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past · do-support | Theseus | the throne |  |  | after that |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer throne=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but the lot of them had lost faith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t13:o1:1
# text = Yeah, but the lot of them had lost faith
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive |  | the lot of them |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but his people had forgot everything he'd done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t13:o2:1
# text = Yeah, but his people had forgot everything he'd done
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | his people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forget** | past | his people | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, Menesthius kept it, and he were exiled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t13:o3:1
# text = Nah, Menesthius kept it, and he were exiled
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Menesthius	Menesthius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	exiled	exile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Menesthius | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **exile** | past · passive |  | Menesthius |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but his people had forgot everything he'd done for them and had to be won over again

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:548-pg22381-part54:t13:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but his people had forgot everything he'd done for them and had to be won over again
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
19	over	over	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | his people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **forget** | past | his people | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  | for people | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **have** | past | his people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **win over** | to-infinitive · passive | his people *not said here* |  |  |  | again | over *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP» |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/t12/)
- next →: [Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, par…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/e1/)
- ↑ back to [Myths of Greece and Rome, Theseus, part 54: Theseus loses his throne and goes into exile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/548-pg22381-part54/)