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title: Real life: when do the biggest tides, spring tides, come? — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real life: when do the biggest tides, spring tides, come? Test 7 · ★★ 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 the question and
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

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Real life: when do the biggest tides, spring tides, come?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** come

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t7:1
# text = Real life: when do the biggest tides, spring tides, come?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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When the tide is low and the wind is calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t7:o1:1
# text = When the tide is low and the wind is calm
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the tide |  |  |  |  | low *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the wind |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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At full moon and new moon, when Sun and Moon pull in a line

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t7:o2:1
# text = At full moon and new moon, when Sun and Moon pull in a line
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | Sun and Moon |  |  |  |  | in a line; at full moon and new moon | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at moon=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only in winter, when the Sun is far away from the Moon and the sea is calm and cold

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t7:o3:1
# text = Only in winter, when the Sun is far away from the Moon and the sea is calm and cold
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Sun |  |  | the Moon |  | away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the sea |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | the sea *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At full moon only, when the Fisherman pulls the sea hard in the middle of the night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t7:o4:1
# text = At full moon only, when the Fisherman pulls the sea hard in the middle of the night
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | present | the Fisherman | the sea |  | full moon |  | in the middle of the night; hard *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sea=Theme at moon=Asset |

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