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title: flood outside, can we walk thru it its only shallow — Home myths, first aid and weather warn… · tree and pragmatics
description: flood outside, can we walk thru it its only shallow Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 12 · ★★ · Home myths, first aid and weather warnings

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flood outside, can we walk thru it its only shallow

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** flood · **What happens:** walk · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 120 «Home myths, first aid and weather warnings» of the everyday 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/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t12:1
# text = flood outside, can we walk thru it its only shallow
1	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	thru	through	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | can | flood |  |  | it |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Trajectory |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you wear wellies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t12:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you wear wellies
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	wellies	welly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | you | wellies |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent welly=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if it's below your knees and you walk slowly in the middle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, if it's below your knees and you walk slowly in the middle
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	below	below	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	11	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	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  | your knees |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | present | you |  |  | the middle |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if you hold hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, if you hold hands
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | you | hands |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, floodwater can be fast, dirty and electrified; go higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings:t12:o4:1
# text = No, floodwater can be fast, dirty and electrified; go higher
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	floodwater	floodwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	electrified	electrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	higher	high	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | floodwater |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | floodwater *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | floodwater *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | floodwater *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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