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title: that dark calm gap in the waves looks nice to swim — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics
description: that dark calm gap in the waves looks nice to swim Test 11 · ★ of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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 11 · ★ · The beach and the sea

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that dark calm gap in the waves looks nice to swim

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dark gap · **What happens:** look, swim

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 44 «The beach and the sea» 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/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t11:1
# text = that dark calm gap in the waves looks nice to swim
1	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
4	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | that dark gap in the waves |  |  |  |  | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **swim** | to-infinitive | that dark gap in the waves *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It may be a rip, stay away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t11:o1:1
# text = It may be a rip, stay away
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | may | It | a rip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay away** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, waves are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, waves are dangerous
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | waves |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swim there with a lilo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t11:o3:1
# text = Swim there with a lilo
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lilo	lilo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | there |  | with a lilo | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with lilo=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, calm water is safest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t11:o4:1
# text = Yes, calm water is safest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | calm water |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

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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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