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title: Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try? — Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 551 «Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 11 · ★ · Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Theba…

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Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Hyllus · **What happens:** do, say, try · **To what, where:** Delphic oracle, Ok real talk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 551 «Greek myths, Alcmaeon and the Necklace, part 57: the Thebans flee, Alcmaeon kills his mother, and the Heraclidae win at Athens» 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/551-pg22381-part57/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t11:1
# text = Ok real talk, what did the Delphic oracle say about Hyllus's next try?
1	Ok	ok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Delphic	delphic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	oracle	oracle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	Hyllus	Hyllus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	try	try	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Delphic oracle |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oracle=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | Ok real talk |  |  |  | about Hyllus's next try | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **try** |  | Hyllus |  |  |  |  |  | nom try «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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He had to wait for the third fruit and sacrifice to Zeus before he could try again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t11:o1:1
# text = He had to wait for the third fruit and sacrifice to Zeus before he could try again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the third fruit to Zeus and sacrifice | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | could | Zeus |  |  |  | again |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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He had to wait for the third fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t11:o2:1
# text = He had to wait for the third fruit
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the third fruit | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He should wait for the third year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t11:o3:1
# text = He should wait for the third year
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | should | He |  |  |  | year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He had to wait for the third fruit before he could attack the Peloponnesus again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:551-pg22381-part57:t11:o4:1
# text = He had to wait for the third fruit before he could attack the Peloponnesus again
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Peloponnesus	Peloponnesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the third fruit | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **attack** | could | he | the Peloponnesus |  |  | again |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peloponnesus=Patient |

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