--- title: Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." Put h… — A new baby in the house · tree and pragmatics description: Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." Put her right. Test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/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/) / [A new baby in the house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · A new baby in the house Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." Put her right. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, Paternity leave, you · **What happens:** insist, mean, fire, put · **To what, where:** Dad, leave · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:1 # text = Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 insists insist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Paternity paternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 fired fire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | Your sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Paternity leave | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **fire** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Dad | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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:* Put her right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:2 # text = Put her right. 1 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|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* | | leave | | | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She is right, but it is only for a month ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:o1:1 # text = She is right, but it is only for a month 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | for a month | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It is time off work to be with the new baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:o2:1 # text = It is time off work to be with the new baby 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | time | | | | off work | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with the new baby | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It is a holiday Dad has to pay for ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:o3:1 # text = It is a holiday Dad has to pay for 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | a holiday Dad | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | a holiday Dad | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | a holiday Dad *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She is right, Dad has lost his job ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:19-a-new-baby-in-the-house:t10:o4:1 # text = She is right, Dad has lost his job 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 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lose** | present · perfect | Dad | Dad's job | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 3 | **job** | | Dad | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=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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