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title: thunder n lightning, can i have my bath now — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: thunder n lightning, can i have my bath now Test 11 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

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thunder n lightning, can i have my bath now

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thunder · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** bath

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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/235-rain-floods-and-storms/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t11:1
# text = thunder n lightning, can i have my bath now
1	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	n	n	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	_
3	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | thunder and n lightning | my bath |  |  | now |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Only a quick shower, that's different

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t11:o1:1
# text = Only a quick shower, that's different
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shower	shower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a quick shower | a quick shower *not said here* |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you keep the bathroom light off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you keep the bathroom light off
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep off** | present | you | the bathroom light |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, wait until the storm has passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t11:o3:1
# text = No, wait until the storm has passed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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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 | **pass** | present · perfect | the storm |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, baths are totally safe in storms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, baths are totally safe in storms
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	baths	bath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | baths |  |  | storms |  | safe, totally *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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