--- title: up the tree, can i stand on that grey dry branch — Climbing trees and playgrounds · tree and pragmatics description: up the tree, can i stand on that grey dry branch Test 10 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/t10/) [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/) / [Climbing trees and playgrounds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/4-climbing/) / t10 # Test 10 · Climbing trees and playgrounds up the tree, can i stand on that grey dry branch **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** grey dry branch This is test 10 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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/4-climbing/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t10:1 # text = up the tree, can i stand on that grey dry branch 1 up up ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 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 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 10 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | can | i | | | grey dry branch | | up the tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on branch=Location | 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} Yes, the thin end is safest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t10:o1:1 # text = Yes, the thin end is safest 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the thin end | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, dead branches can snap ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t10:o2:1 # text = No, dead branches can snap 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 snap snap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | can | dead branches | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, dry branches are the strongest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, dry branches are the strongest 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | dry branches | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, if you jump on it first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:4-climbing:t10:o4:1 # text = Yes, if you jump on it first 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 jump jump VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | present | you | | | it | | first *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | **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. 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