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title: friend fell through the ice! — Snow, ice and strong sun · tree and pragmatics
description: friend fell through the ice! Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

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friend fell through the ice!

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** fall · **To what, where:** ice

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This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» 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/234-snow-ice-and-sun/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t15:1
# text = friend fell through the ice!
1	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | friend |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location |

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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}

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Jump in after him and pull him out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t15:o1:1
# text = Jump in after him and pull him out
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | after him *= he* |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't go out; call for help and reach with a stick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t15:o2:1
# text = Don't go out; call for help and reach with a stick
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go out** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for help | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
| 3 | **reach** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with a stick | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go home and get dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t15:o3:1
# text = Go home and get dry
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run out on the ice to grab him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:234-snow-ice-and-sun:t15:o4:1
# text = Run out on the ice to grab him
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory |
| 2 | **grab** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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