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title: thunder but its far away, can we keep swimming — Handling anger and everyday fears · tree and pragmatics
description: thunder but its far away, can we keep swimming Test 16 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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 16 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

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thunder but its far away, can we keep swimming

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thunder · **What happens:** keep, swim

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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/291-handling-anger-and-fear/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t16:1
# text = thunder but its far away, can we keep swimming
1	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | can | thunder |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swim** | gerund | thunder *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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, water protects you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t16:o1:1
# text = Yes, water protects you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	protects	protect	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	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | present | water |  | you |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, get out of the water and go indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t16:o2:1
# text = No, get out of the water and go indoors
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, till you actually see lightning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t16:o3:1
# text = Yes, till you actually see lightning
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you | lightning |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lightning=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if it's not raining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:291-handling-anger-and-fear:t16:o4:1
# text = Yes, if it's not raining
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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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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