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title: Lily reckons u should always land on your hands when u fall. right? — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics
description: Lily reckons u should always land on your hands when u fall. right? Test 16 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 16 · ★ · Balance and falling well

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Lily reckons u should always land on your hands when u fall. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lily, u · **What happens:** reckon, land, fall · **To what, where:** hands

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t16:1
# text = Lily reckons u should always land on your hands when u fall. right?
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
11	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **land** | should | u |  |  | your hands |  | always *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on hand=Destination |
| 3 | **fall** | present | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, hands are made for landing on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t16:o1:1
# text = Yes, hands are made for landing on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	landing	land	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | hands |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **land on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, bend, tuck and roll to spread the hit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t16:o2:1
# text = No, bend, tuck and roll to spread the hit
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bend	bend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	tuck	tuck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	roll	roll	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hit	hit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tuck** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **roll** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **spread** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the hit |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, keep your arms as stiff as you can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t16:o3:1
# text = Yes, keep your arms as stiff as you can
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your arms |  |  |  | stiff *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and lock your elbows too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t16:o4:1
# text = Yes, and lock your elbows too
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	lock	lock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	elbows	elbow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | imperative | you *not said here* | your elbows |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elbow=Patient |

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