--- title: Why does Ukrainian say rain is "going" instead of falling? — Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rai… · tree and pragmatics description: Why does Ukrainian say rain is "going" instead of falling? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 23 «Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rainbows» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows/t2/) [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/) / [Ukrainian street](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/) / [Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rainbows Why does Ukrainian say rain is "going" instead of falling? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ukrainian, rain · **What happens:** say, go, fall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 23 «Animal sounds, rain, snow, sun and rainbows» of the Ukrainian street 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/ukrainian-street/23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows:t2:1 # text = Why does Ukrainian say rain is "going" instead of falling? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | Ukrainian | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | rain | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fall** | gerund | rain *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «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 {#o1} Because "ide" means "falls" in old Ukrainian ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows:t2:o1:1 # text = Because "ide" means "falls" in old Ukrainian 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ide ide NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 falls fall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Ukrainian Ukrainian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | ide | falls | | | | in old Ukrainian | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot fall=Theme in ukrainian=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because rain walks along the ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows:t2:o2:1 # text = Because rain walks along the ground 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 along along ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | rain | | | the ground | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along ground=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} That's just how the language says it ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows:t2:o3:1 # text = That's just how the language says it 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the language | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because it's a joke word ```conllu # sent_id = question:ukrainian-street:23-animal-sounds-rain-snow-sun-rainbows:t2:o4:1 # text = Because it's a joke word 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a joke word | | | | | tree rules | **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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