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title: Ngl, what was up with Eriphyle taking another bribe? — Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven A… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was up with Eriphyle taking another bribe? Test 6 · ★ 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 e
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# Test 6 · ★ · Berens' Myths and Legends, The Seven Against Thebes, part…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ngl, what was up with Eriphyle taking another bribe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t6:1
# text = Ngl, what was up with Eriphyle taking another bribe?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	Eriphyle	Eriphyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	bribe	bribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Ngl |  |  |  |  | take *property* | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got a robe and kept quiet at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t6:o1:1
# text = She got a robe and kept quiet at home
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | a robe |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robe=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | past | She *not said here* |  |  | home |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She accepted a gift and urged her son away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t6:o2:1
# text = She accepted a gift and urged her son away
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	urged	urge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	iobj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | She | a gift |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **urge away** | past | She *not said here* |  | her son |  |  | away *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got the veil and sold out her son again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t6:o3:1
# text = She got the veil and sold out her son again
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | the veil |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer veil=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sell out** | past | She *not said here* | her son |  |  | again |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No bribe, she only argued with Polynices about the necklace in Argos at the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:550-pg22381-part56:t6:o4:1
# text = No bribe, she only argued with Polynices about the necklace in Argos at the palace
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	bribe	bribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Polynices	polynice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Argos	Argos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | no bribe |  |  | the palace |  | with Polynices; about the necklace in Argos | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with polynice=Co-Agent about necklace=Topic |

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