--- title: Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eigh… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics description: Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!" Why is she snappy? Test 3 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 wrong. --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Moving house and renting a home Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!" Why is she snappy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, I, van · **What happens:** snap, get, be · **To what, where:** forty boxes, eight · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:1 # text = Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!" 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 snaps snap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 12 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 van van NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | present | Mum | | | | now | love *vocative* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | forty boxes | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the van | | | eight | | | tree rules | 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:* Why is she snappy? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:2 # text = Why is she snappy? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 snappy snappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Mum | | | | | snappy *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She does not want to move at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:o1:1 # text = She does not want to move at all 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | all | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Moving is very stressful, and it calms down after ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:o2:1 # text = Moving is very stressful, and it calms down after 1 Moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 stressful stressful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 calms calm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | stressful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **calm down** | present | it | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She is angry with you for something you did last week ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:o3:1 # text = She is angry with you for something you did last week 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | with you; for something; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | you | | | | week | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Snapping is required when moving house ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:t3:o4:1 # text = Snapping is required when moving house 1 Snapping snapping NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present · passive | | Snapping | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | house | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: 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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