--- title: Max says drowning ppl always splash and scream. true? — Swimming basics and water confidence · tree and pragmatics description: Max says drowning ppl always splash and scream. true? Test 16 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/t16/) [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/) / [Swimming basics and water confidence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★ · Swimming basics and water confidence Max says drowning ppl always splash and scream. true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Max, drowning ppl · **What happens:** say, drown, splash, scream · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Swimming basics and water confidence» 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/7-swimming-and-water/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t16:1 # text = Max says drowning ppl always splash and scream. true? 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 drowning drown VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 ppl people NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 splash splash VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 scream scream VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Max | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **drown** | gerund | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **splash** | present | drowning ppl | | | | | always *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **scream** *speech: express* | present | drowning ppl *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Yes, they always wave both arms ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, they always wave both arms 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 wave wave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | present | they | both arms | | | | always *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, drowning is often quiet and easy to miss ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t16:o2:1 # text = No, drowning is often quiet and easy to miss 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 drowning drowning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | drowning | | | | | often, quiet *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | drowning *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **miss** | to-infinitive | drowning *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, they always shout very loudly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t16:o3:1 # text = Yes, they always shout very loudly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | they | | | | | always, loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, you can hear them from far away, even over the waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:7-swimming-and-water:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, you can hear them from far away, even over the waves 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | can | you | them *= they* | | the waves | | away *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | **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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