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title: Wait, who gave the Argives their water? Was it Lycurgus? — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, who gave the Argives their water? Was it Lycurgus? Test 11 · ★ 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 question and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

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Wait, who gave the Argives their water? Was it Lycurgus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, water · **What happens:** wait, give, be · **To what, where:** Argives, Lycurgus

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Wait, who gave the Argives their water?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:1
# text = Wait, who gave the Argives their water?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Argives	Argive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past |  | the Argives |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argive=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Was it Lycurgus?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:2
# text = Was it Lycurgus?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	Lycurgus	Lycurgus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | water | Lycurgus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lycurgus, who led them to a spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:o1:1
# text = Lycurgus, who led them to a spring
1	Lycurgus	Lycurgus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Lycurgus | them *= they* |  |  | spring |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Adrastus, who dug a well and led them to a hidden spring in the hills above Nemea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:o2:1
# text = Adrastus, who dug a well and led them to a hidden spring in the hills above Nemea
1	Adrastus	Adrastus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
17	above	above	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Nemea	Nemea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | past | Adrastus |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lead** | past | Adrastus *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the hills | spring | above Nemea | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in hill=Destination |

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

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Hypsipile, who led them to a secret spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:o3:1
# text = Hypsipile, who led them to a secret spring
1	Hypsipile	Hypsipile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Hypsipile | them *= they* |  |  | spring |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Amphiaraus, who found a river nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t11:o4:1
# text = Amphiaraus, who found a river nearby
1	Amphiaraus	Amphiaraus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Amphiaraus | a river |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic |

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