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title: bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water? — Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

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bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stay up · **To what, where:** water

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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/679-pg2435-part19/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t2:1
# text = bruh, how does Tiidu even stay up in the water?
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay up** | present · do-support |  |  |  | the water |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He grabs a floating oar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t2:o1:1
# text = He grabs a floating oar
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	oar	oar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | He | a floating oar |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He grabs a big floating oar that some sailor had dropped in the water earlier

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t2:o2:1
# text = He grabs a big floating oar that some sailor had dropped in the water earlier
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	oar	oar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	earlier	early	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | He | a big floating oar |  |  |  | early *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drop** | past · perfect | some sailor | a big floating oar |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme in water=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He holds a wooden plank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t2:o3:1
# text = He holds a wooden plank
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | He | a wooden plank |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plank=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A passing dolphin lifts him up while he rests on its back in the waves

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:679-pg2435-part19:t2:o4:1
# text = A passing dolphin lifts him up while he rests on its back in the waves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dolphin	dolphin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lifts	lift	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift up** | present | a passing dolphin | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | present | dolphin |  |  | its back |  | in the waves | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on back=Location |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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