--- title: Your brother panics: "For Sale sign means we move tomorrow!!" Put hi… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother panics: "For Sale sign means we move tomorrow!!" Put him right. Test 1 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/t1/) [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/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Moving house and renting a home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/) / t1 # Test 1 · Moving house and renting a home Your brother panics: "For Sale sign means we move tomorrow!!" Put him right. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, we, you · **What happens:** panic, mean, move, put · **To what, where:** brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother panics: "For Sale sign means we move tomorrow!!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:1 # text = Your brother panics: "For Sale sign means we move tomorrow!!" 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 panics panic VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 For for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 !! !! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **panic** | present | Your brother | | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Your brother *not said here* | | | | | for Sale sign | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **move** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | tomorrow | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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. *Sentence 2:* Put him right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:2 # text = Put him right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | | brother | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The sign means the house is falling down ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:o1:1 # text = The sign means the house is falling down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 down down ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | the sign | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fall down** | present · progressive | the house | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The sign means someone else lives there now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:o2:1 # text = The sign means someone else lives there now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 nsubj _ _ 5 else else ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | the sign | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | present | someone | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He is right, you leave the very next morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:o3:1 # text = He is right, you leave the very next morning 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | present | you | | | | morning | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Selling usually takes months, not days ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t1:o4:1 # text = Selling usually takes months, not days 1 Selling sell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 nsubj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | gerund | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | present | | | | | day; month | usually *property* | vn bring-11.3 «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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