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title: Dude, did you get why Polynices gave Eriphyle that sick necklace? — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, did you get why Polynices gave Eriphyle that sick necklace? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 1 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

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Dude, did you get why Polynices gave Eriphyle that sick necklace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Polynices, that · **What happens:** get, give, necklace · **To what, where:** Dude, Eriphyle

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 550 «Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part 56: the Argives fight for Thebes and the heroes die» 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/550-pg22381-part56/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t1:1
# text = Dude, did you get why Polynices gave Eriphyle that sick necklace?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	Polynices	polynice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	Eriphyle	Eriphyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	iobj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | you | Dude |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **give** | past | Polynices |  | Eriphyle |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eriphyle=Theme |
| 3 | **necklace** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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To bribe her into a fight with the gods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t1:o1:1
# text = To bribe her into a fight with the gods
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bribe	bribe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bribe** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | into a fight *result*; with the gods | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Patient into fight=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make her convince her husband to join

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t1:o2:1
# text = To make her convince her husband to join
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	convince	convince	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convince** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  | her husband |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent husband=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **join** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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So she'd nag her son into the army and then come to war herself

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t1:o3:1
# text = So she'd nag her son into the army and then come to war herself
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	nag	nag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nag** | would | she | her son |  | the army |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent son=Patient into army=Eventuality |
| 2 | **come** | infinitive | she *not said here* | herself *= she* |  | war | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to war=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make her talk her hubby into joining the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t1:o4:1
# text = To make her talk her hubby into joining the war
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hubby	hubby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	joining	join	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | her hubby |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hubby=Patient |
| 3 | **join** | gerund | her *= she* *not said here* | the war |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Patient |

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**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.

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