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title: Bro, Menoeceus just jumped off the walls? Mad! — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, Menoeceus just jumped off the walls? Mad! Test 3 · ★ 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 of each op
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# Test 3 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bro, Menoeceus just jumped off the walls? Mad!

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Menoeceus · **What happens:** jump off · **To what, where:** walls

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bro, Menoeceus just jumped off the walls?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:1
# text = Bro, Menoeceus just jumped off the walls?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Menoeceus	Menoeceus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | past | Menoeceus | the walls |  |  |  | Bro *vocative* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory |

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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:* Mad!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:2
# text = Mad!
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yeah, he stabbed himself on the walls so the oracle would be fulfilled and Thebes could be saved

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he stabbed himself on the walls so the oracle would be fulfilled and Thebes could be saved
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	fulfilled	fulfil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	Thebes	Thebes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past | he | himself *= he* |  | the walls |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient on wall=Location |
| 2 | **fulfil** | would · passive |  | the oracle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | could · passive |  | Thebes |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he was pushed off by Creon himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:o2:1
# text = No, he was pushed off by Creon himself
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Creon	Creon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push off** | past · passive | Creon | he |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme himself=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stabbed himself to save the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he stabbed himself to save the city
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the city |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he stabbed himself on the walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t3:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he stabbed himself on the walls
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | past | he | himself *= he* |  | the walls |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient on wall=Location |

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