--- title: big waves at the rocks, gonna stand right at the edge for a pic — The beach and the sea · tree and pragmatics description: big waves at the rocks, gonna stand right at the edge for a pic Test 14 · ★ 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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · The beach and the sea big waves at the rocks, gonna stand right at the edge for a pic **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** big waves · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** edge This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t14:1 # text = big waves at the rocks, gonna stand right at the edge for a pic 1 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 gonna gonna X FW Foreign=Yes 8 dep _ _ 8 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 right right ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pic pic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | infinitive | big waves at the rocks | | | the edge | | for a pic; right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Stay well back, a wave can sweep you in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t14:o1:1 # text = Stay well back, a wave can sweep you in 1 Stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 sweep sweep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sweep in** | can | a wave | you | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location you=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stand with your back to the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t14:o2:1 # text = Stand with your back to the sea 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with your back; to the sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Go if you hold your friend's hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t14:o3:1 # text = Go if you hold your friend's hand 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hold** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | your friend's hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go closer for a better pic, waves never reach that far ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:44-the-beach-and-the-sea:t14:o4:1 # text = Go closer for a better pic, waves never reach that far 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 closer close ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 pic pic NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 11 that that ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for a better pic; close *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for pic=Beneficiary | | 2 | **not** **reach** | present | waves | | | | | far *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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