--- title: my mate's in trouble out there, swim out? — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics description: my mate's in trouble out there, swim out? Test 12 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/t12/) [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/) / [The beach and the sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · The beach and the sea my mate's in trouble out there, swim out? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** be, swim out · **To what, where:** trouble This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t12:1 # text = my mate's in trouble out there, swim out? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | my mate | | | trouble; there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swim out** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} No, tell a lifeguard or call the emergency number ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t12:o1:1 # text = No, tell a lifeguard or call the emergency number 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 call call VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a lifeguard | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient | | 2 | **call** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the emergency number | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, grab a lilo and paddle out to him as fast as you can ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, grab a lilo and paddle out to him as fast as you can 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lilo lilo NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 paddle paddle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | a lilo | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lilo=Theme | | 2 | **paddle out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | fast, out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to he=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Wait to see if he waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t12:o3:1 # text = Wait to see if he waves 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 waves wave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **wave** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, swim out fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t12:o4:1 # text = Yes, swim out fast 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 swim swim VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast, out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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