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title: Looking back: in part 2, why couldn't soft Pau Amma leave Pusat Tasek? — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in part 2, why couldn't soft Pau Amma leave Pusat Tasek? Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 13 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

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Looking back: in part 2, why couldn't soft Pau Amma leave Pusat Tasek?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** look back, not leave · **To what, where:** Pusat

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in part 2, why couldn't soft Pau Amma leave Pusat Tasek?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Pau	Pau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	_
13	Amma	Amma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	Pusat	Pusat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	Tasek	Tasek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in part | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in part=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **leave** | could |  | Pusat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pusat=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The sea was far too cold for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t13:o1:1
# text = The sea was far too cold for him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the sea |  |  |  |  | for him *= he*; cold, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sharks and dogfish would eat him, and the Magician would be cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t13:o2:1
# text = Sharks and dogfish would eat him, and the Magician would be cross
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dogfish	dogfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | Sharks and dogfish | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | would | the Magician |  |  |  |  | cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sharks and dogfish would eat him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t13:o3:1
# text = Sharks and dogfish would eat him
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dogfish	dogfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | would | Sharks and dogfish | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was too soft, and the sharks and dogfish in the river would eat him very quickly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t13:o4:1
# text = He was too soft, and the sharks and dogfish in the river would eat him very quickly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sharks	shark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	dogfish	dogfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | soft *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | would | the sharks in the river and dogfish | him *= he* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

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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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