---
title: apparently a kid got sucked into a storm drain playing in the rain a… — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently a kid got sucked into a storm drain playing in the rain and came out in the river miles away. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★ 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 op
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/t18/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Rain, floods and storms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/) / t18

# Test 18 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
apparently a kid got sucked into a storm drain playing in the rain and came out in the river miles away. what's the true lesson?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** storm drain · **What happens:** suck, play, come out, be · **To what, where:** kid, storm drain, rain, true lesson

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t18:1
# text = apparently a kid got sucked into a storm drain playing in the rain and came out in the river miles away. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sucked	suck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
21	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suck** | past · passive |  | a kid |  | a storm drain |  | apparently *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | a storm drain *not said here* |  |  | the rain |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come out** | past |  |  |  |  |  | in the river miles; away, out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drains are always safe once the rain has stopped falling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t18:o1:1
# text = Drains are always safe once the rain has stopped falling
1	Drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Drains |  |  |  |  | always, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | the rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund | the rain *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep away from storm drains and ditches when it rains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t18:o2:1
# text = Keep away from storm drains and ditches when it rains
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ditches	ditch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | storm drains and ditches |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from drain=Eventuality |
| 2 | **rain** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Storm drains are fun slides when it rains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t18:o3:1
# text = Storm drains are fun slides when it rains
1	Storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	slides	slide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Storm drains | fun slides |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rain** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only babies are small enough to fit in storm drains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t18:o4:1
# text = Only babies are small enough to fit in storm drains
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	babies	baby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	drains	drain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | babies |  |  |  |  | enough, small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | to-infinitive | babies *not said here* |  |  | storm drains |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in drain=Trajectory |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Rain, floods and storms, test 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/t17/)
- next →: [Rain, floods and storms, test 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/t19/)
- ↑ back to [Rain, floods and storms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/)