--- title: Why should beginners not wade out until the water is at their chest? — The sea, waves and swimming pools · tree and pragmatics description: Why should beginners not wade out until the water is at their chest? Test 7 · ★★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The sea, waves and swimming pools](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/233-sea-and-pools/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The sea, waves and swimming pools Why should beginners not wade out until the water is at their chest? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** beginners, water · **What happens:** not wade out, be · **To what, where:** chest This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t7:1 # text = Why should beginners not wade out until the water is at their chest? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 beginners beginner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 wade wade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wade out** | should | beginners | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the water | | | beginners's chest | | | tree rules | 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} Fish bite deeper in the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t7:o1:1 # text = Fish bite deeper in the sea 1 Fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bite bite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | present | Fish | | | the sea | | deep *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in sea=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water out there is always far too cold for beginners ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t7:o2:1 # text = The water out there is always far too cold for beginners 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 beginners beginner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | for beginners; cold, far *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They will lose their sandals and have to walk home barefoot ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t7:o3:1 # text = They will lose their sandals and have to walk home barefoot 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sandals sandal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 barefoot barefoot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | future | They | their sandals | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandal=Eventuality | | 2 | **have** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | barefoot | | | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme barefoot=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The sea floor can drop suddenly and waves can knock them over ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:233-sea-and-pools:t7:o4:1 # text = The sea floor can drop suddenly and waves can knock them over 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 knock knock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | can | the sea floor | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **knock over** | can | waves | them *= they* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | **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. 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