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title: i fell through the ice, how do i get out — Pools, lakes and ice · tree and pragmatics
description: i fell through the ice, how do i get out Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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 12 · ★★ · Pools, lakes and ice

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i fell through the ice, how do i get out

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** fall, get out · **To what, where:** ice

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» 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/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t12:1
# text = i fell through the ice, how do i get out
1	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | i |  |  | the ice |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location |
| 2 | **get out** | present · do-support | i |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Swim to the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t12:o1:1
# text = Swim to the middle
1	Swim	swim	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	middle	middle	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* |  |  | the middle |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to middle=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait without moving, someone will come and get you out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t12:o2:1
# text = Wait without moving, someone will come and get you out
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **move** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | future | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **get out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Go back the way you came, kick and slide on your tummy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t12:o3:1
# text = Go back the way you came, kick and slide on your tummy
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	kick	kick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	slide	slide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | imperative | you *not said here* | the way |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | past | you | the way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |
| 3 | **kick** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **slide** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | your tummy |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tummy=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stand up and climb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:t12:o4:1
# text = Stand up and climb
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **climb** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «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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