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title: jumping off the step, how do i land so it dont hurt — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics
description: jumping off the step, how do i land so it dont hurt Test 13 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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 13 · ★ · Balance and falling well

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jumping off the step, how do i land so it dont hurt

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, step, jumping · **What happens:** jump off, land, dont, hurt · **To what, where:** step

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t13:1
# text = jumping off the step, how do i land so it dont hurt
1	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	dont	dont	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | gerund |  | the step |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme step=Trajectory |
| 2 | **land** | present · do-support | i |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **dont** |  | step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **hurt** | participle | jumping |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Land with straight stiff legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t13:o1:1
# text = Land with straight stiff legs
1	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Land on one straight arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t13:o2:1
# text = Land on one straight arm
1	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Land on your heels with locked knees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t13:o3:1
# text = Land on your heels with locked knees
1	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	heels	heel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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

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Bend your knees as you land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t13:o4:1
# text = Bend your knees as you land
1	Bend	bend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | imperative | you *not said here* | your knees |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent knee=Material |
| 2 | **land** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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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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