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title: sea just went way out after that shaking, can we look for shells — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics
description: sea just went way out after that shaking, can we look for shells Test 12 · ★★ 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 12 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sea just went way out after that shaking, can we look for shells

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sea, we · **What happens:** go out, look · **To what, where:** way

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This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t12:1
# text = sea just went way out after that shaking, can we look for shells
1	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | sea | way |  |  | after that shaking | out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | can | we |  |  |  |  | for shells | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, run to high ground now, a tsunami is coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t12:o1:1
# text = No, run to high ground now, a tsunami is coming
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | to high ground *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | a tsunami |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but stay near the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, but stay near the water
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
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 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the water |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait n watch for the water to come back in first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t12:o3:1
# text = Wait n watch for the water to come back in first
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	n	n	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the water | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for water=Theme |
| 3 | **come back** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's a great time for shells n stranded fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's a great time for shells n stranded fish
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	n	n	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	stranded	strand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a great time |  |  |  | for shells | tree rules |
| 2 | **n** | participle | shells *not said here* | stranded fish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **strand** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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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