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title: if lasse hadnt prayed would he have died in the boat — Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23:… · tree and pragmatics
description: if lasse hadnt prayed would he have died in the boat Test 15 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 15 · ★ · Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to…

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if lasse hadnt prayed would he have died in the boat

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lasse hadnt · **What happens:** die

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 1298 «Topelius Tales, Little Lasse, part 23: Lasse drifts out to sea and sails round the world in a dream» 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/1298-pg3454-part23/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t15:1
# text = if lasse hadnt prayed would he have died in the boat
1	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	lasse	lasse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hadnt	hadnt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | would · past · perfect | lasse hadnt |  |  |  |  | in the boat | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in boat=Attribute |

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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 -->
probably, the boat was far out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t15:o1:1
# text = probably, the boat was far out
1	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the boat |  |  |  |  | far, out, probably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
probably, the text makes it sound really scary, since the wind kept blowing him farther out and he was alone.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t15:o2:1
# text = probably, the text makes it sound really scary, since the wind kept blowing him farther out and he was alone.
1	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	farther	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	out	out	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the text | it |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **keep** | past | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **blow** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | wind |  |  |  | out *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | past | text |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it sounds like he would die

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t15:o3:1
# text = yeah, it sounds like he would die
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | would | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
probably, the text makes it sound scary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1298-pg3454-part23:t15:o4:1
# text = probably, the text makes it sound scary
1	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the text | it |  |  |  | probably *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | scary *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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