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title: caught in a rip, it's pulling me out — Safe at lakes and beaches · tree and pragmatics
description: caught in a rip, it's pulling me out Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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 15 · ★★ · Safe at lakes and beaches

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caught in a rip, it's pulling me out

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rip · **What happens:** catch, pull out · **To what, where:** rip, me

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 232 «Safe at lakes and beaches» 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/232-lakes-and-beaches/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t15:1
# text = caught in a rip, it's pulling me out
1	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | participle | rip *not said here* |  |  | a rip |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pull out** | present · progressive | rip | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Float, stay calm, raise a hand and swim sideways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t15:o1:1
# text = Float, stay calm, raise a hand and swim sideways
1	Float	float	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	sideways	sideways	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **raise** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a hand |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 4 | **swim** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sideways *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swim straight back to shore as hard as you can

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t15:o2:1
# text = Swim straight back to shore as hard as you can
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
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 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | shore |  | hard *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Dive under to escape the pull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t15:o3:1
# text = Dive under to escape the pull
1	Dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the pull |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pull=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take off your swimsuit so you're lighter n faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:232-lakes-and-beaches:t15:o4:1
# text = Take off your swimsuit so you're lighter n faster
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	swimsuit	swimsuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	advcl	_	_
9	n	not	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | imperative | you *not said here* | your swimsuit |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swimsuit=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | light *property* | tree rules |

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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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