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title: thunder, can we shelter under the big tree — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: thunder, can we shelter under the big tree Test 15 · ★ 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 15 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

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thunder, can we shelter under the big tree

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thunder · **What happens:** shelter · **To what, where:** big tree

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This is test 15 · ★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t15:1
# text = thunder, can we shelter under the big tree
1	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shelter** | can | thunder |  |  | the big tree |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under tree=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, if you lie down under it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t15:o1:1
# text = Yes, if you lie down under it
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | present | you |  |  | it |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under it=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it keeps you dry n safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t15:o2:1
# text = Yes, it keeps you dry n safe
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	n	n	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | it | you |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent you=Theme n=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the biggest tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t15:o3:1
# text = Only the biggest tree
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, go inside a building or car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t15:o4:1
# text = No, go inside a building or car
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a building or car |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside building=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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