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title: just dunking my brother under for fun, he's fine — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics
description: just dunking my brother under for fun, he's fine Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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 10 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
just dunking my brother under for fun, he's fine

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** dunk, be · **To what, where:** brother, fun

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 233 «The sea, waves and swimming pools» 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/233-sea-and-pools/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t10:1
# text = just dunking my brother under for fun, he's fine
1	just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dunking	dunk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dunk** | gerund | he *not said here* | my brother |  | fun |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent brother=Theme under fun=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only in the shallow end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t10:o1:1
# text = Only in the shallow end
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, for a few seconds only, then let go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, for a few seconds only, then let go
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if he's laughing he's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, if he's laughing he's fine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, never hold anyone under water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t10:o4:1
# text = No, never hold anyone under water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  | water |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme under water=Location |

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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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