--- title: The sale falls through after three months. Dad sighs: "Back to squar… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics description: The sale falls through after three months. Dad sighs: "Back to square one." What is true? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Moving house and renting a home The sale falls through after three months. Dad sighs: "Back to square one." What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sale, Dad · **What happens:** fall through, sigh, square, be · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The sale falls through after three months. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:1 # text = The sale falls through after three months. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall through** | present | the sale | | | | month | through *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* Dad sighs: "Back to square one." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:2 # text = Dad sighs: "Back to square one." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sighs sigh VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 square square VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | present | Dad | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **square** *in a quote* | infinitive | | one | | | | | vn harmonize-22.6 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme | *Sentence 3:* What is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:3 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The family has lost the house for good and must leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:o1:1 # text = The family has lost the house for good and must leave 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | the family | the house | | | | for good | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Eventuality | | 2 | **leave** | must | the family *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means the house is worth nothing ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:o2:1 # text = It means the house is worth nothing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the house | nothing | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Sales can fall through, and they just keep trying ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:o3:1 # text = Sales can fall through, and they just keep trying 1 Sales sale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall through** | can | Sales | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | present | Sales *= sale* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** | gerund | Sales *= sale* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} They can never sell the house now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t10:o4:1 # text = They can never sell the house now 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sell** | can | They | the house | | | now | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | **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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