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title: Real life: how were the Himalayas made? — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: how were the Himalayas made? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Real life: how were the Himalayas made?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, make · **To what, where:** Himalayas

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t7:1
# text = Real life: how were the Himalayas made?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Himalayas |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle · passive |  | the Himalayas |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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 -->
India's land pushed into Asia over millions of years, folding the rock up high

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t7:o1:1
# text = India's land pushed into Asia over millions of years, folding the rock up high
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	folding	fold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
16	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | participle |  | India's land *not said here* |  | Asia |  | over millions of years | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into asia=Destination |
| 2 | **fold up** | gerund |  | the rock |  |  |  | high *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rock=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A giant meteor hit the Earth and threw the Asian land up into the sky above

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t7:o2:1
# text = A giant meteor hit the Earth and threw the Asian land up into the sky above
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	meteor	meteor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Asian	Asian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	above	above	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | a giant meteor | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | a giant meteor *not said here* | the Asian land |  |  |  | into the sky *result*; above *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer land=Theme into sky=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Volcanoes erupted from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t7:o3:1
# text = Volcanoes erupted from the sea
1	Volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	erupted	erupt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | past | Volcanoes |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
India's land pushed into Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:t7:o4:1
# text = India's land pushed into Asia
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | participle |  | India's land *not said here* |  | Asia |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into asia=Destination |

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