--- title: Litter on a beach is carried away by the tide. What could happen next? — Caring for the environment · tree and pragmatics description: Litter on a beach is carried away by the tide. What could happen next? Test 4 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» of the world 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/world/57-environment/t4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Caring for the environment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/57-environment/) / t4 # Test 4 · Caring for the environment Litter on a beach is carried away by the tide. What could happen next? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tide · **What happens:** carry away, happen · **To what, where:** Litter This is test 4 of lesson 57 «Caring for the environment» of the world 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/world/57-environment/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Litter on a beach is carried away by the tide. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:1 # text = Litter on a beach is carried away by the tide. 1 Litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry away** | present · passive | the tide | Litter on a beach | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:2 # text = What could happen next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 next next ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It becomes food for plants ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:o1:1 # text = It becomes food for plants 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | It | food for plants | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It disappears completely within a single day or two ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:o2:1 # text = It disappears completely within a single day or two 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 disappears disappear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 completely completely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | present | It | | | | day | completely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It turns into sand at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:o3:1 # text = It turns into sand at once 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present | It | | | sand | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into sand=Source at once=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Sea animals may swallow it or get caught in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:57-environment:t4:o4:1 # text = Sea animals may swallow it or get caught in it 1 Sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | may | Sea animals | it | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | Sea animals *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **catch** | participle | Sea animals *not said here* | | | it | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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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