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title: running round the campfire playing tag — Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, flo… · tree and pragmatics
description: running round the campfire playing tag Test 15 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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 · ★ · Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
running round the campfire playing tag

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** run, play · **To what, where:** campfire, tag

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 300 «Campfires, rivers, beaches, pools, floods and rainbows» 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/300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t15:1
# text = running round the campfire playing tag
1	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	campfire	campfire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	tag	tag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  | the campfire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round campfire=Trajectory |
| 2 | **play** | gerund |  | tag |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tag=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 {#o1}

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Run faster, then the sparks can't catch you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t15:o1:1
# text = Run faster, then the sparks can't catch you
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | can | the sparks | you |  |  | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run if the fire is small

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t15:o2:1
# text = Run if the fire is small
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the fire |  |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run only on one side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t15:o3:1
# text = Run only on one side
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | one side |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stop, walk and stay three big steps away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:300-campfires-rivers-pools-and-rain:t15:o4:1
# text = Stop, walk and stay three big steps away
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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